From Trainee to Teacher - Reflective Practice for Novice Teachers - Thomas S.C. Farrell
'I Liked Hearing Other Ideas': Reflective Practice during the First Year
From Trainee to Teacher - Reflective Practice for Novice Teachers - Thomas S.C. Farrell
Thomas S.C. Farrell [+]
Brock University
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Thomas S.C. Farrell is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Brock University, Canada. His professional interests include Reflective Practice, and Language Teacher Education & Development. He has published widely and has presented at major conferences worldwide on these topics. His webpage is: www.reflectiveinquiry.ca
Description
Chapter 10 follows on from the previous chapter by outlining and discussing how novice teachers can continue their reflections in their first year which becomes especially important if they have no real induction program or mentor support and as a result, left to sink or swim. The chapter points out that novice ESL teachers can be helped through their challenging transition/praxis shock from the teacher education programs to the first year of teaching with the use of novice ESL teacher reflection groups so that they will swim and not sink.