ABSTRACT This study explores English Language Teaching (ELT) teachers' experiences of reflective practice in Türkiye. It looks at the role agency plays in reflection in relation to teacher growth. Thirteen ELT teachers were interviewed through narrative interviews and critical incidents. All teachers were engaged in reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action; however, they differed in the criticality of their reflection and what they reflected on. Their ability to engage in critical reflection, and therefore their growth, was shaped by their agency. Those with a future-oriented agency could focus on their aspirations, detach themselves from present constraints and engage in critical reflection. However, those with present-oriented agency tended to view external factors as disablers and struggled to reflect critically. As critical reflection can lead to teacher development, developing agency to support reflective opportunities throughout pre-service and in-service years seems essential.

ABSTRACT Medical sonography students require a deep understanding of three-dimensional (3D) structural anatomy. In addition, they are required to identify anatomical structures from medical images. To enhance and support online anatomy learning of first year medical sonography students ‘virtual café’ sessions were designed and offered as weekly activities. They were facilitated by higher year level student peers, who provided contextualisation of anatomy learning, guided discussions about the sonography programme and generated social discussions to allow students to get to know one another. This study investigated the impact of virtual cafe sessions on the student’s experience, student learning, student satisfaction with their programme of study and future career. The results indicated scheduled peer facilitated informal student discussions afforded the opportunity for students to catch up, meet each other, talk, and learn in a non-intimidating and social manner, whilst nurturing support was offered. A culture of positive contextualised, and authentic learning was developed which improved student engagement and enthusiasm for their programme of study. Most importantly, virtual café sessions facilitated students building social connections and trust with each other, so they subsequently felt less isolated and overwhelmed, but rather gained a sense of belonging, which motivated their learning.

ABSTRACT This paper presents the retrospective reflective accounts of three master’s alumni and their tutor who openly shared their thoughts on their experience of engaging in online peer-led group reflective practice through the ‘Share Your Research Ideas’ (SYRI) project. This project ran at the University of Manchester during the second half of the academic year 2019–2020, a time of the COVID-19 pandemic. It consisted of a series of online seminar sessions, which offered a space for students to reflect individually and in groups upon their experience of undertaking educational research. The contribution of this reflective piece is threefold, it aims to: 1) illustrate how the ‘Peer-Led Group Reflective Practice’ (PLGRP) pedagogical approach can be monitored and facilitated in an online learning environment, 2) identify the influence of such a pedagogical approach on those students who engaged in the project and, 3) show how reflective conversations between tutor and students over time as well as the learnings obtained from them can inform course design and shape subsequent learning experience. Thus, our goals are to document how the reflective conversations undertaken during and after the SYRI project contributed to significant student experience and life-long learning and to draw implications for future practice.

ABSTRACT After decades of work, a unified conceptualization of pedagogical reflection remains elusive. Seeking clarity on the identity of pedagogical reflection, this phenomenological study begins not with an a priori definition of reflection, but with the lived experiences of five veteran teachers. Its goal was to discern from the respondents’ narratives the essence of pedagogical reflection, what makes the experience of pedagogical reflection what it is. Analysis of respondents’ narratives show that their experiences of pedagogical reflection align with qualities of the classical virtue phronesis: an essentially moral, habitual way of being, concerned with practical situations, that weaves together thinking, feeling, wanting, deciding, and acting into a unified whole. This inclusive understanding of reflection organizes and harmonizes the varied work on reflection from Dewey to the present and provides direction for teacher educators in their work to help teacher candidates become reflective practitioners.

ABSTRACT Digital Storytelling (DST) is a unique and powerful way of conveying knowledge and experiences in almost all fields. The use of DST as knowledge transfer media is a perfect choice, especially in classrooms where knowledge and experiences are shared. However, Indonesian English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers have little experience in adopting DST in classrooms, especially in English language classrooms. In this regard, this study aims at exploring Indonesian EFL teachers’ experience of applying DST in their classrooms through reflective practice. This case study recruited six EFL teachers as the participants. The teachers participated in a four-week workshop introducing digital storytelling and its potential to be adopted in English classrooms. They were required to create a DST-based lesson plan, implement the lesson plan, and create a DST book. The data were collected from teachers’ written reflective journals and semi-structured interviews. Following Farrell’s stages of English teachers’ reflective practice, this study revealed that Indonesian EFL teachers refined their beliefs and teaching principles as a result of adopting DST in their classrooms. In the practice, teachers saw that DST-based teaching and learning activities encourage students’ active engagement. Implications and further recommendations are discussed.

ABSTRACT While the benefits of reflection for students are well documented, there is a parallel body of research pointing to varying levels of engagement with reflection. Students on a four-year business information systems programme have to complete a reflection as part of their placement assessment. Using a constructivist qualitative methodology, this research explores the students' experience of reflecting with a view to identifying what supports could be useful to guide students in the future. Using semi-structured interviews, the students described a focus on description of activities and overall uncertainty on what to write. There are multiple possible interventions which could support the students but some would require significant and high-level support within the university.

ABSTRACT As the number of refugees continues to increase, it is important to improve the public’s understanding of their lived experiences. Refugee simulations are helpful immersive activities for individuals to learn more about refugees. Since these simulations tend to leave participants with a sense of disequilibrium, they may benefit from engaging in effective reflection, which requires reflective readiness. In addition to Dewey’s understanding of reflective readiness as predispositions for effective reflection (open-mindedness, wholeheartedness, and responsibility), reflective readiness can also be conceptualized as the character strengths of curiosity, honesty, judgment, love of learning, perseverance, and zest. This qualitative descriptive study aimed to provide empirical information about this conceptualization by exploring how community college students expressed reflective readiness (as indicated by their curiosity, honesty, judgment, love of learning, perseverance, and zest) through structured reflection about their experience in a refugee simulation. Two instruments were used to collect data for this study, including the VIA Character Strengths Assessment and an adapted Guide for Reflective Practice. The results of this study indicated that community college students’ reflective readiness aided their structured reflection about their experience in a refugee simulation. The findings have several implications, but further research on reflective readiness is recommended.

ABSTRACT Developing coaches as reflective practitioners is a key tenet of coach education frameworks, with coach developers playing a significant role in facilitating reflection. Consequently, the aim of this research was to explore the exercises, mechanisms, and challenges coach developers utilise and face when facilitating reflective practice within formal coach education. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with six active coach developers within an Irish sport governing body (SGB), with transcripts subject to a reflexive thematic analysis process. Findings indicated that while coach developers’ understanding and conceptualisation of reflective practice varied, they each attempted to facilitate reflection through similar pedagogical practices. Specifically, coach developers’ roles included adapting sessions to utilise learning opportunities, addressing the needs of coaches struggling with reflective practice mechanisms, and active engagement through prompts and feedback. While the relationship between the coach developer and coach was deemed significant in facilitating reflection, time constraints were highlighted as a major challenge when seeking to enable meaningful reflection. Furthermore, learners’ motivations for, and attitudes towards, coach education influenced their engagement in reflective discussions. This research adds to the growing body of literature on coach developers by specifically highlighting the practical demands they face in facilitating reflective practice.

ABSTRACT There is growing recognition of the critical need to incorporate Domestic Violence (DV) curriculum into dentistry degrees. Interprofessional collaboration between Social Work, DV sector and Dentistry developed and delivered the Dentistry and Domestic Violence – Recognise, Respond and Refer (DDV-RRR) program within an undergraduate dentistry degree in Australia. This article presents our critical reflections on the collaboration, development and delivery of this program. Selected questions from Fook’s critical reflection model were utilised to guide the reflection process. Key learnings from this process include acknowledging inherent challenges, power and barriers in collaborative projects; importance of interprofessional collaboration for best practice; and the importance of interpersonal/professional relationships for forming and maintaining interprofessional collaborations. We share the learnings from our critical reflections as an example of how interprofessional collaboration enhances the development and delivery of DV curriculum in one undergraduate dentistry course.

ABSTRACT Given the importance of reflection and experience in teaching and the undeniable role of motivation in learning, the present study aimed to investigate the relationships between teachers’ reflective ability, their teaching experience, and learners’ motivation. To this end, 50 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers and 260 EFL learners participated in the study. Through quantitative phase, teachers completed a reflection questionnaire and learners completed both the Oxford Placement Test (OPT) and a motivation questionnaire. Correlational analysis and multiple regression indicated that there were significant positive relationships between teachers’ reflective ability, their teaching experience and learners’ motivation. Besides, the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) approach was used and it showed the positive significant relationships among the variables. Pedagogical implications and suggestions for further studies were presented based on the findings of the current research too.