Guided reflection as a means to demonstrate and develop student teachers’ reflective competencies

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to explore the ways in which the reflection presented in student teachers’ teaching practicum contributes to the development of their professional knowledge. The paper addresses the task of investigating the quality of teacher reflection in its guided forms. By using the procedures of guided reflection, this paper builds a conceptual account with which to structure and describe the forms of reflection presented in student teachers’ reflective talk. Based our results, there is a need to investigate more closely what creates changes in teachers’ knowledge and what kind of reflective processes can contribute to such changes. We hope that the procedure of guided reflection opens new opportunities for studying the development of teachers’ professional learning.