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What is Facilitated Reflection

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Handbook of Research on Study Abroad Programs and Outbound Mobility
The use of methods designed to enable active, persistent and careful consideration of experience in order to enable better choices or actions in the future as well as enhance one’s overall effectiveness.
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Walking in English Learners' Shoes: Preservice Teacher Struggles Result in Empathy
Debbie Powell (University of North Carolina – Wilmington, USA) and Roberta J. Aram (Missouri State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 30
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0169-5.ch025
Abstract
This chapter reports on a university short-term study abroad immersion experience in Costa Rica for preservice teachers. Qualitative data from instructors' field notes and participants' photo blogs, exit interviews, and formal course evaluations were analyzed for evidence of expressions of empathy for English Learners (ELs), resolve to use effective teaching strategies with ELs, personal growth and cross-cultural awareness. Findings show that participants demonstrated empathy that was linked to personal and professional growth as a future teacher. The course's design strategically causing authentic physical and emotional struggles similar to ELs' with purposefully facilitated reflection time to address feelings and experiences was effective in achieving overall course goals.
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