JRAMathEdu (Journal of Research and Advances in Mathematics Education)
Volume 6 Issue 2 April 2021

Becoming reflective practitioners: Mathematics student teachers' experiences

Ngololo, Elizabeth Ndeukumwa (Unknown)
Kanandjebo, Leena Ngonyofi (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Mar 2021

Abstract

The level of quality reflective practice remains low among student teachers majoring in Mathematics education. This paper aims to identify the levels of reflective practice possessed by Mathematics education student teachers in a teacher training program at higher learning institutions in Namibia. The professional status requires that teachers become reflective practitioners to develop their effectiveness- a skill they can acquire during their training. A reflection framework was used to identify levels of reflective practices among Mathematics student teachers. This study is qualitative and employed a narrative inquiry approach to assess the effectiveness of reflective practice as experienced by student teachers. A total of ten third-year undergraduate students majoring in Mathematics Education participated in the study by generating reflective journals. The results show that student teachers have insufficient reflective skills which are limited to the first two levels of the reflection framework: technical reflection and reflection-in-andon-action. This could be due to little guidance offered on developing reflective skills and its use by student teachers. This study's findings will be used to improve the rationality, social and educational practices among the student teachers.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jramathedu

Publisher

Subject

Mathematics

Description

The JRAMathEdu (Journal of Research and Advances in Mathematics Education) is an open access and peer reviewed scholarly international journal devoted to encouraging the academic conversation of researchers in the field of mathematics education. The JRAMathEdu covers all the research topics on the ...