Student Teachers' Reflections of a Community Service Learning Experience
Ozge Hacifazlioglu, Nesrin Ozdemir, Huseyin Uzunboylu.
- Elliott & Fitzpatrick Inc, 2010.
The study examined student teachers' reflections on being involved in a social responsibility project in a community setting Participants were 71 beginning students in two sequential cohorts (cohort 1 = 34, cohort 2 = 37) Data on their community learning experience were gathered using focus group discussion and reflection journals The data were thematically analyzed The teacher education students engaged in focus group discussions junior students who joined the project in the 2007-2008 academic year (Cohort 1) and 37 junior students who joined the project in the 2008-2009 academic year (Cohort 2) Three themes were listed for students' reflections entry into the teaching profession, constraints and barriers, and the school principal as a community leader Results of the study revealed that student teachers had the opportunity to have their first-hand experience In a context that they had never encountered in the same way before
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