Original scientific paper

Reflection in pre-service teacher education

Marjeta Šarić ; Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Abstract

Reflection is considered as an important part of learning. The main purpose of the research presented was to evaluate the use of reflective tasks in pre-service teacher education. The aims of the study were to examine the students’ perceptions of some of the elements of written reflection task and to explore the level of reflective writing. The findings indicated that students find the reflective tasks meaningful, important and useful. However, the level of reflective writing was rather low. In the paper, practical implications of the results are discussed. It is concluded that by involving students in reflective tasks we can foster deeper learning.

Keywords

Reflection; pre-service teacher education; students’ perceptions; levels of reflection; written reflection

Hrčak ID:

82795

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/82795

Publication date:

15.4.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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