15 critical analysis and reasoning. It also enables teacher of education faculty to
challenge and support each student’s reflective thinking. Journal writing keeps a daily journal in which teachers record their experience and raise question about
teaching. Journals enable prospective teachers to systematically reflect on their
development as a teacher and on their action in the classroom.
B. Theoretical Framework
This study needs four theory concepts. Those are the theories of reflection in teaching and its function, Micro Teaching students and its course, the theory of
teaching skills, and the theory of reflective teaching. All of the concepts of the theories are important to support this research
and they are also related to each other. The theories about reflection are needed since this study is focused on the effect of reflection. According to Burden and
Bird 1994 reflection useful to reflect method in teaching, evaluate lesson taught, and set teaching goal. Loucks-Horsley, Harding, Arbuckle, Murray, Dubea,
Wiliams 1987 as quoted by Burden and Bird 1994 state that reflection is useful for teachers for their professional development such as assessing performances
and development, identifying improvement, and planning goals. In addition, Ghaye and Ghaye 1998 conclude the function of reflection for planning to do
action from what they learnt. The theories of reflection are beneficial in order to know what the contents of microteaching students’ reflections are. By knowing
the theory of reflection, the researcher can analyze whether Micro Teaching students use reflection seriously and optimally or not.
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and Ryan 1969. It is because the goal of this study is to analyze the effect of reflection toward the improvement of teaching skill. Since this research is
intended to analyze the effect of reflection toward Micro Teaching students’ teaching skill improvement, teaching skills’ theory is needed. The researcher is
going to observe the implementation of the teaching skill of Micro Teaching students in their teaching practice. Thus, the researcher has to comprehend the
function of each skill. The theory of teaching skill is related to the theory of microteaching since
one of the ways to develop teaching skill is in microteaching class. The theory of micro teaching is needed in order to limit this study since the concern of this study
is on the use of reflection in micro teaching course. The last, the theory of reflective teaching is needed because reflective teaching is the method of teaching
which apply reflection strategy to achieve the learning goal that is improving teaching skill for the microteaching students. The purpose of writing reflection is
to apply reflective teaching for microteaching students. Micro Teaching students practice reflective teaching by recalling their experience in the first teaching
practice and write down on the reflection. They were going to analyze their weaknesses. Finally, they will get self improvement.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter consists of six major sections. They are research method, research setting, research participants, instruments and data gathering technique,
data analysis technique, and research procedure. This research belongs to qualitative research since the data of this research were presented in words instead
of numbers and measures.
A. Research Method
The study belongs to qualitative research. Fraenkel and Wallen 1993, p. 380 stated that “a qualitative research is a research where the researcher
investigates the quality of relationship, activities, situations, or materials.” Since this research investigated the quality of the relationship between weekly reflection
and the microteaching students’ teaching skill improvement, this research was included in qualitative research. Moreover, the goal of this research was to find
out and to gain understanding about the importance of weekly reflection which was implemented in the Micro Teaching course toward the improvement of
microteaching students’ teaching skill. According to Ary et al. 2010, p.29, the goal of qualitative research is “a holistic picture and depth understanding, rather
than a numeric analysis of data. In more specific, this was a survey study. Survey study is a study in which
the researcher collects data or information from a group of people Fraenkel
