Teachers' Reflective Thinking on Their Professional Experiences
The existing literature on the teachers’ professional development informs that teaching experiences contribute both to their professional learning and development and student achievement. Yet, the research on the reflection of these experiences over their professional development is rather scarce. H...
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| author | Cennet Tandırcı Serkan Ünsal Reyhan Ağçam |
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| description | The existing literature on the teachers’ professional development informs that teaching experiences contribute both to their professional learning and development and student achievement. Yet, the research on the reflection of these experiences over their professional development is rather scarce. Hence, this qualitative study was an attempt to investigate teachers’ reflective thinking on their professional experiences. Participants of the study were a group of experienced teachers teaching various subjects at Turkish state schools who were selected via the purposive sampling. The research data were gathered with a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers following an extensive review of literature, and administered to content analysis. The results showed that teacher professionalization is largely governed by their experiences which increase the quality of their work and enable them to focus on success. It was also revealed that teachers question their previous professional lives with their current professional experiences and make reflective thoughts about their professional life. The research ends with a couple of practical implications generated based on the obtained results and a few suggestions for future directions |
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| spelling | doaj-art-70ce96b5d67c48c4ae6b6da15c56464d2025-01-28T14:41:02ZengAnkara UniversityAnkara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi1301-37182024-07-0157242546510.30964/auebfd.131632045Teachers' Reflective Thinking on Their Professional ExperiencesCennet Tandırcı0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4983-7832Serkan Ünsal1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0367-0723Reyhan Ağçam2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5445-9031TC MİLLİ EĞİTİM BAKANLIĞI GAZİANTEPKAHRAMANMARAŞ SÜTÇÜ İMAM ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİKAHRAMANMARAŞ SÜTÇÜ İMAM ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİThe existing literature on the teachers’ professional development informs that teaching experiences contribute both to their professional learning and development and student achievement. Yet, the research on the reflection of these experiences over their professional development is rather scarce. Hence, this qualitative study was an attempt to investigate teachers’ reflective thinking on their professional experiences. Participants of the study were a group of experienced teachers teaching various subjects at Turkish state schools who were selected via the purposive sampling. The research data were gathered with a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers following an extensive review of literature, and administered to content analysis. The results showed that teacher professionalization is largely governed by their experiences which increase the quality of their work and enable them to focus on success. It was also revealed that teachers question their previous professional lives with their current professional experiences and make reflective thoughts about their professional life. The research ends with a couple of practical implications generated based on the obtained results and a few suggestions for future directionshttps://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/3217349professional developmentprofessional experiencereflective thinkingteacher professionalismteacher training |
| spellingShingle | Cennet Tandırcı Serkan Ünsal Reyhan Ağçam Teachers' Reflective Thinking on Their Professional Experiences Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi professional development professional experience reflective thinking teacher professionalism teacher training |
| title | Teachers' Reflective Thinking on Their Professional Experiences |
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| title_short | Teachers' Reflective Thinking on Their Professional Experiences |
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| topic | professional development professional experience reflective thinking teacher professionalism teacher training |
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