ERIC Number: EJ1276971
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Dec
Pages: 12
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Enhancing Pre-Service Teachers' Reflective Quality on Inquiry-Based Teaching through a Community of Practice
Ketsing, Jeerawan; Inoue, Noriyuki; Buczynski, Sandy
Science Education International, v31 n4 p367-378 Dec 2020
Implementing inquiry-based teaching in secondary school is often a challenge for pre-service teachers. Thoughtful reflection on their teaching experience may help future teachers address this challenge. This article examined the quality of reflection on inquiry teaching by two pre-service science teachers as they participated in a mini-Community of Practice (mCoP) with their cooperating teachers and university advisor. Findings from this study revealed the benefits of this mCoP for nurturing pre-service teachers' inquiry teaching by building a network of encouraging support from experienced teachers and by providing a supportive reflective environment. The study also showed pre-service teachers transformed their reflections from technical to reflective thinking as they matured in inquiry-based teaching practice.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Active Learning, Inquiry, Communities of Practice, Secondary School Teachers, Reflective Teaching, Cooperating Teachers, Student Teacher Supervisors, Science Teachers, Foreign Countries, Student Journals
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Thailand (Bangkok)
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