Let Me Think About That: A Model for Pre-service Teacher Reflection in E-portfolios
Abstract: In this paper, I outline the development of a framework for the analysis of teacher reflection in standards-based e-portfolios. A survey of the extent literature revealed that Mezirow’s (1995, 1998) types of reflection formed a solid framework for categorizing reflection in electronic portfolios. In particular, his model adequately explains preservice teacher-candidates’ depth of reflection as one of the two types of objective reframing of assumptions or one of the four types of subjective reframing on assumptions. The UNBC School of Education has adopted this framework in a three-year study of critical reflection and critical self-reflection in teacher education.
Presider: Mark Curcher, Tampere University of Applied Sciences