Critical Reflection for Transformative Learning: Understanding ePortfolios in Teacher Education
Document Type
Monograph
Publication Date
10-20-2020
Publisher
Springer
Edition
1
First page number:
1
Last page number:
159
Abstract
This book provides a research-based guide to using ePortfolios to develop critically reflective teachers capable of transformative learning for educational equity. It begins with a conceptualization of critical reflection in teacher education, then analyzes the social discourse of prospective teachers' teaching practice through their ePortfolio reflections, triangulated by classroom teaching observations and interviews. The results of the research show that prospective teachers’ reflections are performative and do not typically trigger transformative learning, in large part because of discrepancies in the structures of the ePortfolio, the goals of the teacher education program, and the mentoring and supervisory practices. With this analysis in hand, the book turns to practical questions, providing a transformative framework along with examples and tips for teacher educators to use the author’s methods to understand and analyze prospective teachers’ reflection and support their transformative learning.
Keywords
ePortfolios; Teacher education; Critical reflection; Educational equity; Teaching practice
Disciplines
Education | Teacher Education and Professional Development
Language
English
Repository Citation
Liu, Y.
(2020).
Critical Reflection for Transformative Learning: Understanding ePortfolios in Teacher Education.
1-159.
Springer.