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Types of Reflective Journals (Add PPT Myra)

The document discusses different types of reflective journals used by student teachers, including descriptive writing, descriptive reflection, and dialogic reflection. Based on a study of 22 journal entries, descriptive reflection was the most common type used, found in 55% of entries, followed by dialogic reflection in 36% and descriptive writing in 9%. While descriptive reflection was more common, there was also overlapping between the different types of reflection. Common concerns reflected on included lesson planning and teaching techniques.

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Types of Reflective Journals (Add PPT Myra)

The document discusses different types of reflective journals used by student teachers, including descriptive writing, descriptive reflection, and dialogic reflection. Based on a study of 22 journal entries, descriptive reflection was the most common type used, found in 55% of entries, followed by dialogic reflection in 36% and descriptive writing in 9%. While descriptive reflection was more common, there was also overlapping between the different types of reflection. Common concerns reflected on included lesson planning and teaching techniques.

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Types of reflective journals

Type of Reflection (TOR) Descriptive Writing (DW) Descriptive Reflection (DR) Dialogic Reflection 8 36% 12 55% Frequency of the Type of Reflection 2 9% Percentage

(DR)
Critical Reflection (CR) Total: 22 100% 0 0%

The Identification of Types of Reflection by Hatton & Smith (1995)

Findings
Common concerns spotted in the journal entries:
Lesson planning (DR) & teaching techniques (DIR)

Although both student-teachers reflected more in a descriptive reflection rather than in a dialogic way, however there was an overlapping of the types of reflection employed.
As claimed by Hatton & Smith (1995:9) the descriptive phase tended to be a medium to establish the context in an initial accounting for what took place, providing a basis for a change of stance within the writing, where further issues and alternatives as well as reasons were explored in a more tentative way

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