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Classroom Observation: A Self-Study Of A Language Teacher Educator Supervising Pre-Service Teachers, Sumalee Chinokul

Journal of Education Studies

The purpose of this study was to explore the techniques used by a language teacher educator working as a university supervisor to monitor and assist a group of English pre-service teachers learning how to teach during each stage of their practice teaching. Self-study was employed in this study to investigate the researcherûs inquiry-to make the implicit pedagogical practice of her supervision of pre-service teachers explicit or visible. Various data sources from her own practice were obtained and triangulated to analyze her own practices. The findings revealed that reflective practice can be used as a frame of reference for the university …