Preservice teachers engaged in reflective classroom research |
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| Authors: | Rita A Moore Amy Bartlett LaTresha Garrison Kristie Hagemo Jennifer Mullaney Ashlee Murfitt |
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| Institution: | 1. Elementary Education , Idaho State University ,;2. Western Montana College , University of Montana , |
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| Abstract: | Abstract During an eight‐week field experience six preservice teachers, under the supervision of their mentor professor, designed and facilitated an integrated inquiry unit for a fifth‐grade class. As a part of their field experience, the preservice teachers investigated their effectiveness in implementing the inquiry approach to teaching based on the children's learning responses. Reflecting on their own teaching behaviors through reflective classroom research challenged the preservice teachers to explore images of teaching that were often less than ideal but always informative. |
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