Enhancing Pre-service Teachers’ Reflective Quality on Inquiry-based Teaching Through a Community of Practice

Autor: Jeerawan Ketsing, Noriyuki Inoue, Sandy Buczynski
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Science Education International, Vol 31, Iss 4, Pp 367-378 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2077-2327
DOI: 10.33828/sei.v31.i4.5
Popis: Implementing inquiry-based teaching in secondary school is often a challenge for pre-service teachers. Thoughtful reflection on their teaching experience may help future teachers address this challenge. This article examined the quality of reflection on inquiry teaching by two pre-service science teachers as they participated in a mini-Community of Practice (mCoP) with their cooperating teachers and university advisor. Findings from this study revealed the benefits of this mCoP for nurturing pre-service teachers’ inquiry teaching by building a network of encouraging support from experienced teachers and by providing a supportive reflective environment. The study also showed pre-service teachers transformed their reflections from technical to reflective thinking as they matured in inquiry-based teaching practice.
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