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Studying teachers' transformations: reflection as methodology. (participants in the Writing...

By Swain, Sherry Seale
Publication: The Clearing House
Date: Tuesday, September 1 1998

Four teachers who participated in the WONDER program were evaluated through interviews, written information and observations. Results revealed that their philosophies and teaching techniques were transformed as a result of their inclusion in the learning program.

Reflection, whether written or oral, is a tool for shaping thoughts, ideas, and beliefs, revealing concrete shape for those thoughts, ideas, and beliefs as they emerge. As a human capacity, reflection enables us to evaluate experience, learn from mistakes, repeat successes, revise, and plan. As a component of profession

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