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will make the teachers free from routine behavoiurs. They argue that reflective teachers are very innovative in creating effective lessons. Moreover, not only the
individual teachers get the benefits of reflective teaching practice, all the school members in general will have better athmospheres of teaching and learning that
leads to students’ satisfactions in learning Calderhead, 1992. Regarding all the advantages of being reflective in teaching practice. Teachers are
fully suggested to conduct reflective practice in their teaching. In Indonesian EFL context, There is still very limited study in attempting to know the Indonesian
teachers understanding and practice of reflective teaching. In order to fill the gap of the research related to reflective teaching in Indonesian context, this study
attempted to find out the English teachers’ understanding and practice of
reflective teaching and the impediments that prevent teachers from being reflective in their teaching.
1.2 Research Questions
In line with the background above, in the context of English teaching in
Indonesia, this study attempts to address the following research questions:
1. What is the teachers’ understanding and practice of reflective practice in
teaching? 2.
What are the teachers’ levels of reflectivity? 3.
What are the impediments that prevent teachers’ reflection?
1.3 The Objectives of the Study
Departing from the problems that mentioned above, the present study aims to: 1.
find out the EFL teachers’ understanding and practice of the notion of reflective practice in English language teaching.
2. figure out the levels of reflectivity the teachers reflect in their teaching
practices. 3.
acknowledge the impediments that prevent teachers reflecting in their teaching practices.
Rani Silvia, 2014 TEACHERS’ UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF REFLECTIVE TEACHING
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
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1.4 The Significance of the Study
The findings of the study will portray the experienced EFL teachers’ understanding and practice regarding reflective practice in teaching and the
activities they do in order to reflect their everyday teaching practices. In
particular, the study will be of significance to:
1 Theoretically, the results of the study can enrich the literature on English
teachers’understanding and practice of reflective teaching. 2
Practically, the teachers can use the results of the study in order that they can improve their teaching through reflection activity.
3 Government and policy makers, the result of the study can give the empirical
data that can be used to include the practice of reflective practice in teaching to be a requirement in getting the teacher certification.
1.5 Scope of the Study
This study focuses on investigating the EFL tea chers’ understanding of the
reflective teaching. In addition, this study also explores their practice regarding the reflective teaching. The teachers who are involved in the study are the four
selected English teachers who teach in high schools in Bandung.
1.6 The Clarification of Terms
