Using action research to foster preservice teachers’ reflection on themselves as learners: Examining beliefs and changing practices
Keywords: action research, preservice teachers, preservice teacher’s beliefs, beliefs about learning, teacher education pedagogy
Abstract
Addressing preservice teachers’ beliefs about learning is a key task of initial teacher preparation. In this chapter, we describe and reflect on the use of action research as a learning activity/assessment to address those beliefs within a required course on learning theories. Through this activity, preservice teachers engage in a cycle of observation-reflection-planning-action-evaluation to change practices deemed ineffective. This use of action research has not been reported in the literature and we discuss our success as well as challenges in its implementation
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Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
Página de inicio: | 427 |
Página final: | 445 |
Idioma: | English |
URL: | http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/S1479-368720140000022023 |
Notas: | DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/S1479-368720140000022023 (Indexed in Book Citation Index de Web of Science) |