Is reflective practice an essential component of becoming a professional teacher?

Charlotte Elizabeth Meierdirk

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    Abstract

    This paper explores the concept of reflective practice and its role in the professionalisation of student teachers. There is an examination of the requirements to become a qualified teacher and how these requirements have determined practice. After looking at the recent evolution, of state requirements for initial teacher education, in England, it investigates the place of reflective practice within that process and to what extent reflective practice is still needed to become a teacher. It presents the different interpretations of reflective practice and the role of professionalism in the journey to qualified teaching status (QTS).
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)369-378
    JournalReflective Practice: International and Multidisciplinary Perspectives
    Volume17
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 18 May 2016

    Keywords

    • reflective practice
    • teacher education
    • professionalism

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