Although proponents support portfolios’ value to enhance the reflective thinking of novice teachers and imply that such thinking improves teachers’ practice, few studies have confirmed these assertion

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 7 representative gaps

• Strategies to use online forums to teach social work students critical reflection (2024) · doi

  The literature on social work covers the importance of critical reflection and presents a number of frameworks for how to reflect critically, but how this skill should be taught given its complexity and sensitivity has not been investigated, in particular as regards distance learning students.

  Keywords: literature social covers importance critical reflection presents number frameworks reflect critically skill taught given complexity
• How to Introduce Change to Classroom Management and Discipline / Kako uvoditi promjene u upravljanje razredom i disciplinom (2018) · doi

  Taking into account that the process of (self-)reflection is demanding, that the knowledge and experience of Croatian teachers in how to implement reflective practice and introduce changes is insufficient, it is assumed that the Reflective Practice Guide can strongly support both its implementation and the teachers’ professional development.

  Keywords: teachers reflective practice taking account process self reflection demanding knowledge experience croatian implement introduce changes
• Dilemmas in Developing Reflective Teaching (1993)

  This concept is generally not well defined or agreed upon, and programs aimed at reflective teaching, drawing upon sources as diverse as Schon's (1983) epistemology of professional practice and Van Manen's (1977) ideas on practical knowledge, have quite different concepts of the process of reflection, the content on which teachers reflect, and how the development of reflection might be facilitated.

  Keywords: upon reflection concept generally well defined agreed programs aimed reflective teaching drawing sources diverse schon
• Research on Reflective Practice in TESOL (2019) · doi

  Reflective practice has been criticized for having disparate theoretical underpinnings, too much emphasis on the rational rather than (also) the emotional or moral dimensions of reflection, a lack of consensus about how teachers or students benefit (Akbari 2007), and for being too frequently reduced to a series of checklists (Mann and Walsh 2013).

  Keywords: reflective practice criticized having disparate theoretical underpinnings emphasis rational rather emotional moral dimensions reflection lack
• Teachers’ reports of learning and application to pedagogy based on engagement in collaborative peer video analysis (2014) · doi

  AbstractGiven international use of video-based reflective discussions in teacher education, and the limited knowledge about whether teachers apply learning from these discussions, we explored teachers' learning of new ideas about pedagogy and their self-reported application of this learning.

  Keywords: learning discussions teachers abstractgiven international video based reflective teacher education limited knowledge whether apply explored
• Lessons from reflective journaling in undergraduate eportfolios (2021) · doi

  Some limited research has demonstrated its use as a tool for reflection, including exploring broader aspects such as developing self-reflection and self-regulated learning, and exploring identity (Alexiou & Paraskeva 2010, Bennett et al 2016, Slepcevic-Zach & Stock 2018, Farrell & Seery 2019).

  Keywords: reflection exploring self limited tool including broader aspects developing regulated learning identity alexiou paraskeva bennett
• Quality of Preservice Physics Teachers’ Reflections in Their Teaching Portfolios and Their Perceived Reflections: Do They Intersect? (2014) · doi

  Although proponents support portfolios’ value to enhance the reflective thinking of novice teachers and imply that such thinking improves teachers’ practice, few studies have confirmed these assertions by directly measuring in-depth reflection or describing conditions that develop it.

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