| CODE | PRE2807 | ||||||
| TITLE | Reflective Teaching in the Primary Classroom | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Early Childhood and Primary Education | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | In this study-unit student teachers will be introduced to reflective teaching. They will become familiar with the theory of reflective teaching and how to become reflective teachers in the primary school classroom setting. Issues of social contexts, identity, relationships, learning, values, planning and classroom organisation related to reflective teaching will provide student teachers with the tools to become reflective practitioners. Study-unit Aims - Offer student teachers the opportunity to understand reflective teaching - Gain familiarity with the theoretical and practical issues of reflection - Introduces student teachers to the reflective journal Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Reflect on his/her practice in the classroom - Write a reflective journal 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - think reflectively about classroom practice - acquire the skill to write reflectively - develop a reflective journal Main Text/s and any supplementary readings - Brookfield, D. (1994) Becoming A Critically Reflective Teacher London: Routledge. (available in Lib) - Case, C.W., Case-Norlander, K., & Timothy, R. (1999) The Professional Teacher, Preparation and Nurturance of the Reflective Practitioner New York : Jossey-Bass Publishing. (available in Lib) - Dewey, J. (1933) How We Think New York : Heath & Co. (available in Lib) - Ghaye, T., Ghaye, K. (1998) Teaching and Learning Through Critical Reflective Practice London : David Fulton Publishers. (available in Lib) - LaBoskey, V. (1994) Development of Reflective Practice: A Study of PreService Teachers New York : Teachers College Press. (available in Lib) - Liston, D.P., Zeichner, K.M. (1996) Reflective Teaching: An Introduction New York : Erlbaum Associates Inc. (available in Lib) - Loughran, J.J. (1996) Developing Reflective Practice: Learning About Teaching and Learning Through Modelling London : Falmer Press. (available in Lib) - Pollard, A. (2008) Readings for Reflective Teaching London : Continuum. (available in Lib) - Pollard, A. (2008) Reflective Teaching London : Continuum. (available in Lib) - Posner, G.J. (1996) Field Experience: A Guide to Reflective Teaching New York : Longman. (available in Lib) - Schön, D.A. (1997) The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action New York : Basic Books. (available in Lib) - Winter, R., Buck, A. & Sobiechowska, P. (2000) Professional Experience & The Investigative Imagination - The Art of Reflective Writing London : Routledge. (available in Lib) |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Mark A Farrugia |
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