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2019
Reflective Diary for Professional Development of Novice Teachers
UKROP, Martin; Valdemar ŠVÁBENSKÝ and Jan NEHYBA
Basic information
Original name
Reflective Diary for Professional Development of Novice Teachers
Authors
UKROP, Martin (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution); Valdemar ŠVÁBENSKÝ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution) and Jan NEHYBA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE’19), p. 1088-1094, 7 pp. 2019
Other information
Type of outcome
Proceedings paper
Country of publisher
United States of America
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form
electronic version available online
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14330/19:00108978
Organization
Fakulta informatiky – Repository – Repository
EID Scopus
2-s2.0-85064408710
Keywords in English
reflective practice; learning journal; teacher training; teaching assistants; teaching skills
Links
MUNI/A/1040/2018, interní kód Repo. MUNI/A/1145/2018, interní kód Repo.
V originále
Many starting teachers of computer science have great professional skill but often lack pedagogical training. Since providing expert mentorship directly during their lessons would be quite costly, institutions usually offer separate teacher training sessions for novice instructors. However, the reflection on teaching performed with a significant delay after the taught lesson limits the possible impact on teachers. To bridge this gap, we introduced a weekly semi-structured reflective practice to supplement the teacher training sessions at our faculty. We created a paper diary that guides the starting teachers through the process of reflection. Over the course of the semester, the diary poses questions of increasing complexity while also functioning as a reference to the topics covered in teacher training. Piloting the diary on a group of 25 novice teaching assistants resulted in overwhelmingly positive responses and provided the teacher training sessions with valuable input for discussion. The diary also turned out to be applicable in a broader context: it was appreciated and used by several experienced university teachers from multiple faculties and even some high-school teachers. The diary is freely available online, including source and print versions.
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