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Using Video to Develop Skills in Reflection in Teacher Education Students
Coffey, Anne M.
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, v39 n9 Article 6 Sep 2014
Teacher education students confront the challenging task of acquiring a unique and complex set of skills during their courses. These skills are acquired through the study of education theory together with practical experience in the classroom. Perhaps one of the most important skills that students quickly need to develop is that of reflective practice. It is only through a critical and detailed analysis of their performance that strengths and weaknesses can be ascertained and addressed. Video has been used as a tool in teacher education for many years and provides a means by which a teaching episode can be captured more permanently to be used as a point of reference for reflection. This paper discusses the concept of reflection and examines the use of video to enhance the development of these reflective practice skills in a cohort of Graduate Diploma of Education students. Students indicated that that the use of video, in conjunction with written feedback from teachers, had enhanced their capacity to reflect on their teaching skills.
Descriptors: Video Technology, Skill Development, Reflection, Preservice Teachers, Graduate Students, Feedback (Response), Teaching Skills, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Content Analysis, Coding, Student Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers, Responses, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Case Studies
Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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