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Publication Date: 2020
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Teachers' Reflective Practice and Challenges in an Indonesian EFL Secondary School Classroom
Sunra, La; Haryanto; Nur, Sahril
International Journal of Language Education, v4 n2 p289-300 2020
This study investigated the EFL teachers' perception, practices and challenges of reflection in teaching. The study was conducted through qualitative method by purposive sampling technique. The data were collected through observation, semi-structured interview, focused group discussion, and documentation from seven EFL Junior High School teachers in Makassar. The results of the study showed that the EFL teachers perceived reflective practice mainly as an evaluative process to their teaching experience. They all believed that reflective practice was one of the effective teacher characteristics and useful for increasing the quality of teaching and learning. Their reflections were mostly at descriptive and dialogic level. Teaching workload and inadequate knowledge of reflective practice were identified by the EFL teachers as the challenges to reflection.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Barriers, Reflective Teaching, Junior High School Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Faculty Workload, Knowledge Level, Teacher Characteristics, Evaluation Methods
International Journal of Language Education. Faculty of Languages and Literature
UNM Jl Daeng Tata Raya Makassar, South Sulawesi 90224 Indonesia. e-mail: ijole@unm.ac.id; Web site: https://ojs.unm.ac.id/ijole/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indonesia
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