Reflective Practice as Professional Development: Experiences of Teachers of English in Japan

ISBN-13: 9781783096978 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 200 str.

Atsuko Watanabe

Opis

This book presents a researchera (TM)s work on reflective practice with a group of high school teachers of English in Japan. Beginning with a series of uncomfortable teacher training sessions delivered to unwilling participants, the book charts the authora (TM)s development of new methods of engaging her participants and making use of their own experiences and knowledge. Both an in-depth examination of reflective practice in the context of Japanese cultural conventions and a narrative account of the researchera (TM)s reflexivity in her engagement with the study, the book introduces the concept of a the reflective continuuma (TM) a - a non-linear journey that mirrors the way reflection develops in unpredictable and individual ways.