An exploration of teacher learning through reflection from a sociocultural and dialogical perspective : professional dialogue or professional monologue?

Huang, Alan and Klein, Markus and Beck, Anna (2020) An exploration of teacher learning through reflection from a sociocultural and dialogical perspective : professional dialogue or professional monologue? Professional Development in Education. ISSN 1941-5257

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    Abstract

    This study investigated how student teachers on a Scottish teacher education programme learn by reflecting on professional dialogue experiences. Reflection on one’s own experiences and practices is at the heart of all activities that teachers do. By linking professional dialogue with reflective practices, we examined factors that contribute to students’ general approaches to professional learning on the programme and the way in which meaning is co-constructed and negotiated in professional dialogue. The results showed that the thought, discourse and social-affective dimensions of professional dialogue are inter-related. Furthermore, both student teachers’ personal background and the learning context may be related to their approaches to professional learning. In addition, their reflection tended to be descriptive with little or no consideration of the underlying educational issues or theories. Moreover, there was a tendency for one speaker to dominate professional dialogue or rather ‘professional monologue’. Therefore, we argue that there is a need for teacher education institutions to develop student teachers’ awareness of the value of professional dialogue and of the dialogic space it creates which helps realise its potential as a tool for transforming professional learning.

    Creators(s): Huang, Alan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9535-6426, Klein, Markus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1195-8938 and Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755;
    Item type:Article
    ID code:72667
    Keywords:professional dialogue, teacher learning, metacognition, Special aspects of education, Education
    Subjects:Education > Special aspects of education
    Department:Strategic Research Themes > Society and Policy
    Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Education > Education
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:10 Jun 2020 12:48
    Last modified:01 Aug 2020 01:58
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/72667
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