The Promise of Action Research for Critically Reflective Teacher Education.

Dinkelman, Todd

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ERIC Number: EJ549983

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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The Promise of Action Research for Critically Reflective Teacher Education.

Dinkelman, Todd

Teacher Educator, v32 n4 p250-74 Spr 1997

Action research theory and practice can help encourage preservice teachers' critical reflection. The paper reviews action research theory, discusses conceptions of reflective teaching, and examines the power of action research to shape preservice teacher reflection. Several reports of how teacher educators have used action research in practice are presented. (SM)

Descriptors: Action Research, Critical Thinking, Educational Change, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Reflective Teaching, Student Teachers, Teacher Educators, Teacher Researchers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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