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The Effects of Reflective Journal Writing on Reflective Thinking Level of Pre-service Special Education Teacher

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2014, 15(3), pp.303-320
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education

Jung Byung Jong 1

1가야대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purposes of this study are to explore change of reflective thinkinglevel appearing in reflective journal writing of pre-service special educationteachers. The subjects were 30 seniors(experiment group 15, control group15) in department of special education, K University in Gyeongsangnamdo andthey were trained reflective journal writing. Students in control group wrotethe reflective journal for 2 weeks(1st week, 4th week) and students in experimentgroup rewrote the reflective journal for 4weeks. Reflective journals materialswere analyzed by Galvez-Martin’s reflective thinking level. Results of this study were as follows;First, reflective journal writing revealed positive effect on reflective thinkingimprovement of pre-service special education teachers. Secondly, in the resultfrom change of reflective thinking level appearing in experiment group’sreflective journal writing. It was shown that there was improvement of up tolevel 2(average) at the beginning stage. Third, the change of reflective thinkinglevel was affected by time and group. Finally, this study suggest the necessity of guide, feedback for professor,experimental period, study of consideration of student’s writing skill.

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