Teacher journals written in teacher education programs are usually required to be as reflective as possible. However, seldom is guidance given as to what is meant by ‘reflective’ and how to be critically reflective. Ho and Richards (1993) have developed two frameworks for measuring critical reflectivity. This study attempted to train in-service teachers of English in an English Language Teacher Education Programme to be critically reflective by using these frameworks. It investigated whether these teachers became critically reflective after training and whether the teachers’ degree of critical reflectivity and their patterns of reflection changed over time. Results indicate that all teacher journals evidenced some traits of critical reflectivity after training. There seemed to be no great change in the degree of critical reflectivity that the teachers engaged in over time. Most teachers developed their own patterns of reflection which also seldom changed over time.
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ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION THE FRAMEWORK FOR MEASURING CRITICAL REFLECTIVITY TRAINING USING THE FRAMEWORKS RESEARCH METHOD RESULTS Whether the Training Helped the Teachers to be Critically Reflective Whether the Journal Writing Experience Increased the Degree of Reflectivity which Teachers Engaged in over Time Whether the Teachers’ Patterns of Reflection Changed over Time DISCUSSIONS Whether the Training Helped the Teachers to be Critically Reflective Whether the Journal Writing Experience Increased the Degree of Reflectivity Which Teachers Engaged in over Time Whether the Teachers’ Patterns of Reflection Changed over Time CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THE AUTHOR REFERENCES
The goals of Asia TEFL are to promote scholarship, disseminate information, and facilitate cross-cultural understanding among persons concerned with the teaching and learning of English in Asia. In order to accomplish this, Asia TEFL will pursue the following goals:
1. To link ELT professionals in joint research on issues and concerns regarding English teaching and learning in the Asian context.
2. To publish an academic journal, The Asia TEFL Journal, as an internationally recognized journal in the field of English language teaching.
3. To host conferences and seminars addressing important issues concerning ELT in Asia.
4. To develop proficiency guidelines and assessment methods designed for the needs of the Asian context.
5. To develop programs for Asian learners and teachers of English to build their English language proficiency and cultural understanding and provide them with the skills required to be efficient English teaching professionals.