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Developing Reflective Practice

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The authors of chapter two introduced and briefly discussed how a process of critical reflection could be applied to support student teachers in becoming reflective. Chapter three picks up that discussion and considers the idea of teacher educator reflective practice as well as strategies that teacher educators could use with student teachers to encourage the development of reflective practice.

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Ng, W., Murphy, C., Mccullagh, J., Doherty, A., Mcleod, N. (2014). Developing Reflective Practice. In: Rodrigues, S. (eds) Handbook for Teacher Educators. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-695-0_3

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