Reflection and Reflexivity in Teacher Education

Authors

  • Claudia von Aufschnaiter Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
  • Amina Fraij
  • Daniel Kost

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4119/hlz-2439

Keywords:

Reflection, reflexivity, reflection competence, teacher education

Abstract

In teacher education, the relevance of reflection is stressed as a means to deal with current challenges and to develop own teacher professionalism. The ability and willingness to reflect are, therefore, considered as central components of teacher competence. Even though a large number of overviews about research on reflection and reflexivity exist (u. a. Beauchamp, 2015; Clarà, 2015; Copeland, Birmingham, de la Cruz & Lewin; 1993; Nguyen, Fernandez, Karsenti & Charlin, 2014, Häcker, 2017), researchers also conclude that a shared or at least precise definition seems to be missing. The cooperation of different disciplines in the ‘Gießener Offensive Lehrerbildung (GOL)’ has been used to establish a definition for reflection that is both precise and open for interpretation amongst different disciplines. We have furthermore operationalized reflection competence. In the paper, we elaborate our theoretical considerations and discusses challenges for inclusion of reflection in teacher education.

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Published

2019-07-22

How to Cite

von Aufschnaiter, C., Fraij, A., & Kost, D. (2019). Reflection and Reflexivity in Teacher Education. HLZ – Herausforderung Lehrer*innenbildung, 2(1), 144–159. https://doi.org/10.4119/hlz-2439

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Theoretische Beiträge zu Grundlagen, Rahmenbedingungen und Herausforderungen