Assessing and Improving Reflective Thinking of Experienced and Inexperienced Teachers
Author(s) -
Fariba Mirzaei,
Fatin Aliah Phang,
Hamidreza Kashefi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
procedia - social and behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1877-0428
DOI - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.05.111
Subject(s) - reflective thinking , reflective practice , psychology , critical thinking , analytical skill , reflective writing , mathematics education , pedagogy
Observation, communication, team working, judgment, and decision making skills are important reflective thinking skills for teachers. The main purpose of the present paper is to identify the ways of improving teachers’ reflective thinking skills. To achieve this goal reflective thinking skills between experienced and inexperienced teachers are compared in different levels of reflective thinking. The Profile of Reflective Thinking Attributes (PRTA) Instrument and Reflective Thinking Attributes (RTA) Instrument are introduced to identify teachers’ reflective thinking levels
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