Disertasi

Exploring Indonesian efl novice teachers’ critical incidents to foster reflective practice and teachers’ professional development / Asih Santihastuti

Abstrak
Reflective practice is significantly important for teachers in supporting their professionalism unfortunately novice teachers in particular are found to lack reflective skills. Novice teachers are identified as having unique concerns during the early years of their teaching which should be addressed to learn and understand what teacher preparation programs need to accommodate future teachers. This present study explores how EFL novice teachers reflect on their concerns via critical incident (CI) writing individually and later discuss them in groups to foster their reflective skills and professional development. Three research questions were drafted to find out what EFL novice teachers rsquo most reported CIs were how different types of reflections affect their reflection quality and how reflecting on CIs individually and in groups contributes to their professional development. Four EFL novice teachers were recruited in this study through convenient sampling completed three-month writing of CI reflections engaged in five group reflections and participated in individual semi-structured interviews. Based on the thematic analysis of the teachers rsquo individual CIs the study found that there were three major categories of CIs (classroom behavior students language proficiency and teaching strategies) and eight sub-categories (students rsquo misbehavior students rsquo personality gender students rsquo low vocabulary poor pronunciation lack of grammar mastery teaching method and teaching media) were reported. The reflections showed that all novice teachers struggled with major difficulty in managing classroom behavior among the other incidents showing that they needed better preparation in this aspect prior to their teaching placement. At the same time the result of the second research question by using content analysis indicated that group reflection more positively impacted novice teachers rsquo CIs quality rather than the individual one. Through group reflection novice teachers were more able to rationalize their decisions although they were still unable to reach the highest level. There were some indications that can be considered as possible factors for this. For example they lack some theoretical basis on several aspects of teaching they were unable to analyse the incident properly due to lack of experience in reflection and they did not receive proper training which made them unfamiliar with the criteria of good reflection. The result of the interviews thematically identified that the teachers experienced changes more in in their attitudes than function ones. As teachers after they analysed CIs and shared them in group reflection showing that these activities positively contributed to their professional development. Some implications were highlighted especially for teacher educators/teacher preparation programs and future researchers.

Informasi Detail

DDC

Rd 420.76 SAN e

Prodi

Universitas Negeri Malang. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, 2023.

Deskripsi Fisik

xv, 185 lembar : ilus. ; 30 cm

Bahasa

Indonesia

No Reg

00192/RD/23

Edisi

Desertasi (Pasca sarjana) - Universitas Negeri Malang 2023

Subjek

1. BAHASA INGGRIS - STUDI DAN PENGAJARAN
2. GURU - PROFESIONALISME
3. ENGLISH - STUDY AND TEACHING

Pembimbing

1. Prof. Dra. Hj. Utami Widiati, M.a., Ph.d.;2. Prof. Dr. Yazid Basthomi, S.pd, M.a.;3. Dr. Utari Praba Astuti, M.a.

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