{"title":"Points of Improvement: Reflective Strategy to Support Chilean EFL Pre-Service Teachers’ Lesson Planning","authors":"Nataly Telles Quezada, María-Jesús Inostroza Araos, Maritza Rosas-Maldonado","doi":"10.19183/HOW.26.2.498","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"espanolEsta investigacion accion tuvo como objetivo explorar la contribucion del uso de los puntos de mejora como una estrategia reflexiva para apoyar la capacidad de once profesores en formacion de un programa chileno de pedagogia en ingles para planificar lecciones orientadas a la comunicacion. Por medio de cuestionarios y un grupo focal se examinaron las respuestas de los participantes utilizando un analisis tematico. Los hallazgos arrojaron que sus creencias sobre las lecciones orientadas a la comunicacion estan vinculadas con el enfoque comunicativo. Por ultimo, sus percepciones sobre el uso de puntos de mejora como estrategia reflexiva mostraron una mayor conciencia en el aula, lo que estrecha la brecha mas entre su conocimiento pedagogico y disciplinario. EnglishThis action research study aims to explore the contribution of the use of points of improvement as a reflective strategy to support eleven Chilean EFL pre-service teachers’ ability to plan communicative-oriented lessons. Through questionnaires and a focus group, participants’ responses were examined using thematic analysis. Findings yielded that their beliefs about communicative-oriented lessons were in fact linked with the communicative approach. Lastly, their perceptions towards the use of points of improvement as a reflective strategy showed more awareness in the classroom, narrowing the gap between their pedagogical and disciplinary knowledge.","PeriodicalId":43460,"journal":{"name":"How-A Colombian Journal for Teachers of English","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2019-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"How-A Colombian Journal for Teachers of English","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.19183/HOW.26.2.498","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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espanolEsta investigacion accion tuvo como objetivo explorar la contribucion del uso de los puntos de mejora como una estrategia reflexiva para apoyar la capacidad de once profesores en formacion de un programa chileno de pedagogia en ingles para planificar lecciones orientadas a la comunicacion. Por medio de cuestionarios y un grupo focal se examinaron las respuestas de los participantes utilizando un analisis tematico. Los hallazgos arrojaron que sus creencias sobre las lecciones orientadas a la comunicacion estan vinculadas con el enfoque comunicativo. Por ultimo, sus percepciones sobre el uso de puntos de mejora como estrategia reflexiva mostraron una mayor conciencia en el aula, lo que estrecha la brecha mas entre su conocimiento pedagogico y disciplinario. EnglishThis action research study aims to explore the contribution of the use of points of improvement as a reflective strategy to support eleven Chilean EFL pre-service teachers’ ability to plan communicative-oriented lessons. Through questionnaires and a focus group, participants’ responses were examined using thematic analysis. Findings yielded that their beliefs about communicative-oriented lessons were in fact linked with the communicative approach. Lastly, their perceptions towards the use of points of improvement as a reflective strategy showed more awareness in the classroom, narrowing the gap between their pedagogical and disciplinary knowledge.