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HOW CAN BLOGGING SUPPORT CRITICAL REFLECTIVITY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION?

YABANCI DİL ÖĞRETMEN EĞİTİMİNDE BLOGLAR ELEŞTİREL YANSITICI DÜŞÜNCEYİ NASIL DESTEKLER?

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These results reveal specific evidence that contribute to our understanding of how blogging might be incorporated as to support for reflective practice in teacher education programs.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study was based on a belief grounded in the literature that more authentic reflective approaches should be implemented in order to encourage teachers to engage in many-way conversations with and within themselves, and that blogs as a transformational technology for teaching and learning can facilitate critical thinking and knowledge construction through interaction and collaboration with others with a shared interest.
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Key Findings & Data:Thus, this 12-week-long case study seeks to examine whether the use of blogs as support for reflective practice in a Practicum course could enhance the level of critical reflection that the pre-service English language teachers were involved in.
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Conclusion & Impact:These results reveal specific evidence that contribute to our understanding of how blogging might be incorporated as to support for reflective practice in teacher education programs.
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⚙️Variables:Blog · yabancı dil öğretmen eğitimi · yansıtıcı düşünce

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This study was based on a belief grounded in the literature that more authentic reflective approaches should be implemented in order to encourage teachers to engage in many-way conversations with and within themselves, and that blogs as a transformational technology for teaching and learning can facilitate critical thinking and knowledge construction through interaction and collaboration with others with a shared interest. Thus, this 12-week-long case study seeks to examine whether the use of blogs as support for reflective practice in a Practicum course could enhance the level of critical reflection that the pre-service English language teachers were involved in. Data collection consisted of archival records of pre-service teachers’ reflective blog posts and comments, pre- and post-study interviews with pre-service teachers and field notes taken by the researcher. The results of this study indicate that blogging supports the pre-service teachers’ reflectivity positively. All of the pre-service teachers are found to be reflective to a certain extent in their blog postings. However, there are differences in the degree of reflection they are engaged in. These results reveal specific evidence that contribute to our understanding of how blogging might be incorporated as to support for reflective practice in teacher education programs.

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Bu çalışma, öğretmenleri kendi aralarında çok yönlü iletişim içerisinde olmaya teşvik etmek için daha otantik yansıtıcı yaklaşımların uygulanması gerektiği, ve blogların, bu bağlamda, ortak ilgi alanlarını paylaşan kişilerle işbirliği ve etkileşim yoluyla bilginin inşasına ve eleştirel düşüncenin gelişimine olanak sağlayacak bir dönüştürücü eğitim öğretim tekbolojisi olduğu inancı üzerine kurulmuştur. Bu nedenle, 12 haftalık bu örnek olay çalışması, Öğretmenlik Uygulaması dersinde yansıtıcı uygulama desteği olarak kullanılan blogların, İngilizce öğretmen adaylarının eleştirel yansıtıcı düşünme düzeyini artırıp artırmayacağını incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Öğretmen adaylarının yansıtıcı blog yazıları ve yorumlardan oluşan arşivsel kayıtları, çalışma-öncesi ve sonrası yapılan görüşmeler ve araştırmacı tarafından çalışma süresince tutulan gözlem notları bu çalışmanın veri toplama yöntemlerini oluşturmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın sonuçları blogların öğretmen adaylarının yansıtıcı düşünmelerini olumlu bir şekilde desteklediğini göstermektedir. Tüm öğretmen adayları blog yazılarında belirli bir seviyeye kadar yansıtıcı bulunmuşlardır. Ancak, yansıtıcı düşünme derecelerinde bireysel farklar da mevcuttur. Bu sonuçlar, blog yazarlığının öğretmen eğitimi programlarında yansıtıcı uygulamayı desteklemek için nasıl kullanılabileceği konusundaki anlayışımıza katkıda bulunan sonuçları ortaya koymaktadır.

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KORKMAZGİL, S. (2018). HOW CAN BLOGGING SUPPORT CRITICAL REFLECTIVITY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION?. Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 1 - Sayı: 47, 85–104. https://ajindex.com/articles/275944

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