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The Contribution of Teaching Journal to Students’ Teaching Development:
A Qualitative Study in a Microteaching Course
Wimbo Pambudi Wicaksono
ABSTRACT
This paper discussed the use of writing teaching journal to teacher training, especially in
Microteaching class. This study was aimed to answer the research question, “What does
the contribution of teaching journal to students’ teaching development?” Twenty studentteachers were selected to be the participant and the data were collected through their
teaching journals. The result in this study showed that student-teachers’ teaching journals
gave benefit for them. It was revealed from their teaching journal that they became
knowledgeable in the areas of specific teaching content or methodology and identified
areas of improvement they need to work on. It is in line with what Jack and Richards
(2005, p. ix) that stated it is helpful to identify pedagogical strengths that enhance teacher
development, and weaknesses that suggest change in delivery of instruction or
curriculum, in order to improve student learning.
Key words: microteaching, teaching journal, student-teachers.