Preschool teachers' definitions of self-reflection
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Self- reflection preschool teachers self- reflection diary school context teaching
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This article examines preschool teachers' definitions of self-reflection. According to the literature the effective teacher should have the ability to reflect on what is happening in the context of school. Self-reflection helps teachers understand the complex nature of teaching and classrooms. The purpose of this paper is to examine preschool teachers’ definitions of self- reflection through the use of a self- reflection diary. In the part of the design of the research tools and their analysis, the research of mixed methods was followed in order to ensure a more complete understanding of the issue under consideration. The research lasted four weeks and involved 47 preschool teachers serving in public kindergartens in Western Greece. Preschool teachers' definitions of self - reflection were derived using a weekly reflection diary. NVivo-8 quality analysis software and SPSS statistical package were used for data analysis.The results of the study showed that the use of a weekly self -reflection diary influences preschool teachers' perceptions of what reflection is. The definitions given by the participants as the weeks to complete the self - reflection diary go on, contain more and more elements of Dewey's scientific definition about self-reflection.
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Κοκκόση Α., Πούλου Μ., Κουστουράκης Γ., & Χανιωτάκης Ν. (2021). Preschool teachers’ definitions of self-reflection. Hellenic Journal of Research in Education, 10(1), 79–96. https://doi.org/10.12681/hjre.26026
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