A study of an exploration of reflective practice through journal writing for elementary school principals

This was a qualitative study conducted to investigate whether personal reflection through journal keeping is a technique that promotes reflective practice. Ten techniques for journal keeping, culled from the literature of process writing and journal keeping, were presented to six elementary school principals who kept journals for four months and responded to a four-part interview on their journal keeping experience. The journals were analyzed through the framework of Schon's reflective practice, a process of reflective conversation with the situation of concern. The interviews were used to support the data from the journal entries. This study aimed to describe the virtual world of journal keeping as a technique for reflective practice.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Sirotin, Barbara Wirth

Contributors dc:contributor

• Thurston, Paul W.

• Education, Administration
• Education, Elementary
• Education, Curriculum and Instruction

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1994 Sirotin, Barbara Wirth

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9503323
(UMI)AAI9503323

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19628