Training Effective Teachers: On the Need of Self-Reflection in ELT Course at Partium Christian University
Előadó: Borbély Julianna
Partiumi Keresztény Egyetem, Nyelv- és Irodalomtudományi Tanszékén adjunktus, ahol angol nyelvtant, audiovizuális fordítást és angol módszertant oktat. Szinkronfordítóként többek között a "Tom Jones", és a "Fiatalság, bolondság" filmváltozatait fordította magyarra. A Az angol nyelv oktatásának módszertanán kívül az angol szakos tanárképzős diákok pedagógia gyakorlatát vezeti.
Előadás absztrakt:
Self-reflection is the ability to analyze, review one’s own behavior and be able to make changes in order to be more effective in the future. It involves self-awareness and a conscious effort to get to know oneself. In a narrow sense it refers to teachers assessing their own work after each class and being able to make changes, if and when needed, in order to improve the quality of their lessons. In a wider sense – which has become fashionable only recently – self-reflection refers to being aware of one’s values and goals and living up to them. Our experience in the classroom shows that skills of self-reflection need to be (further) developed even in higher education, at the level at which one supposes only theoretical knowledge should be passed on.
The theoretical starting point of this study will be the reflection models in education theory. Reflection, the ability to look at oneself, in Dewey’s (1933) view was a further dimension of human thought that needed training. Belief was to be established on evidence and rationality based on conscious and voluntary effort. Another development in education theory in this regard occurred in Schön’s reflection model (1983) - he considered it a part of active thought. Irrespective of the model, reflection basically means thinking about thinking – as far as education is concerned, thinking about how we learn, the way we think and eventually altering these in order to acquire knowledge effectively. The questions along which this paper will be organized are: why is there a need to develop the skills for self-reflection and in what way does self-reflection help English teachers.
