The purpose of this study is to explore the nature of pre-service language teachers’ reflection for problem solving, focusing on facets of problem solving. For this purpose, this study collected and analyzed twenty pre-service English teachers’ ninety-four entries of reflection guided by semi-structured guidelines for problem solving: pre-reflective, reflective thinking, and post-reflective. For the analysis of the data, this study adopted constant comparative analysis to identify and categorize features in the data from the perspective of qualitative approach. This study found three dimensions of problem solving and three or four segments under each dimension. Dimensions represent the possible procedural steps of problem solving: ‘problem-determination’, ‘problem-analysis’, and ‘solution’. In terms of cognitive purposes, four possible segments emerged: ‘description’, ‘elaboration’, ‘justification’, and ‘evaluation’. In contrast, concerning perspectives on viewing problems, this study identified three segments: ‘thou-view’, ‘i-view’, and ‘alternative-view’. The variation in the employment of the dimensions and segments was found to represent diverse patterns of problem solving in pre-service language teacher reflection. The findings of this study suggest some implications for pre-service language teacher education.
저자
KookJeong Park [ Hankuk University of Foreign Studies ]
한국외국어교육학회 [The Korea Association of Foreign Languages Education]
설립연도
1995
분야
인문학>언어학
소개
본 학회는 외국어 교육 분야 상호간의 연구 성과 교류를 통하여, 외국어 교육의 이론과 실제를 발전시키고, 회원 상호간의 친목을 도모함으로써 외국어 교육 분야간의 학문적 교류를 활성화하는 것을 그 설립 목적으로 한다. 그리고 더 나아가서는 국제 협력 차원에서 다양한 언어 및 문화의 이해를 증진시키는 동시에 언어 정책과 관련하여 국제 관계 개선을 위한 가교 역할을 담당하고자 한다.