PolyU Library
Journal Call no.LB1501.P74
AuthorLee, Chi-kin.
Article TitlePreservice teachers' perceptions of reflective teaching : an exploratory study of level of reflectivity / Lee Chi-kin and Wong Ka-ming.
Is Part OfJournal of primary education ; v.6, no.1 & 2, May 1996, p.79-90, illus.
AbstractThis study attempted to explore the levels of reflectivity attained by the preservice teachers in their perceptions of reflective teaching, and to investigate whether there were qualitative differences between the 'commonsense thinkers' and the more reflective 'alert novices' in their contents of reflection. The trend appeared to be that there might be a lack of congruence between preservice teachers' conceptions of teaching and learning and their levels of reflection. The interview findings were generally consistent with the questionnaire data which also showed a dominance of technical reflection. These results have suggested the necessity for a more critical deliberation upon the definition of reflective teaching and the nature of the content of reflection in teacher education as well as a more refined framework for assessing the level of reflectivity in future empirical studies.