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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

Publisher

ACM

Other information

Language

English

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

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14330/19:00108978

Organization

Fakulta informatiky – Repository – Repository

ISBN

978-1-4503-5890-3

UT WoS

000575321600182

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.
Changed: 4/2/2021 01:50, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík

Abstract

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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