Learning to Reflect: Preservice Teachers' Experiences Leading to Reflection-on-Action

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Abstract

A study of preservice teachers’ (PSTs) ability to reflect utilizing videos of their teaching was conducted during the 2017-2018 academic year. The population consisted of 62 students participating in Field Studies courses as part of their undergraduate program at a private college in Florida. During the sixteen-week course, preservice teachers videotaped one lesson they taught and completed a form reflecting on their lesson. In order to learn how preservice teachers reflected-on-action, based on predetermined classroom teaching attributes during Field Studies experiences, the researchers examined PSTs’ video self-reflections. Findings address PSTs’ Reflection over Time, Documenting Improvement Needed, and Misconceptions Regarding Attributes.

Authors

• Lori Rakes, Florida Southern College

• Victoria Giordano, Florida Southern College

• Diane LaFrance, Florida Southern College

• Rebecca Lovering Powell, Florida Southern College

• Jason LaFrance, Florida Southern College

• Julie Hasson, Florida Southern College

• Karen Aponte, Florida Southern College

• Brooke Veal, Florida Southern College