The Role of Reflective Practice in Mediating Development of Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Professional and Classroom Knowledge

Festo Kayima ¹ ^*

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¹ Department of Teacher Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NORWAY^* Corresponding Author

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The present study explores the potential of reflective practice in supporting pre-service teachers’ development of professional and classroom knowledge elements. The exploration process involved pre-service science teachers documenting and discussing their lived teaching experiences during school practice. The overall aim was to establish the effectiveness of reflective writing in promoting a reflection process with which teacher knowledge development could be mediated. From the analysis, strategically enacted reflective writing is a tool that enables a reflection process where trainees’ transitions in thinking about the practice of teaching are visible. Moreover, reflective writing is a potential medium tool for pre-service teachers to articulate and advance their developed assertions about teaching. The importance of negotiating and legitimizing trainees’ emerging perspectives and constructed assertions is discussed.

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reflective practice
professional & classroom knowledge
teacher assertions
school practice
non-routine teaching situations

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INTERDISCIP J ENV SCI ED, Volume 18, Issue 1, 2022, Article No: e2262

https://doi.org/10.21601/ijese/11364

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Kayima, Festo "The Role of Reflective Practice in Mediating Development of Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Professional and Classroom Knowledge". Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, vol. 18, no. 1, 2022, e2262. https://doi.org/10.21601/ijese/11364