A1 Journal article (refereed)
A Dialogical Exploration of Student Teacher Reflections : From Notions of Insideness and Outsideness to Pedagogical Alongsideness (2023)

Moate, J. (2023). A Dialogical Exploration of Student Teacher Reflections : From Notions of Insideness and Outsideness to Pedagogical Alongsideness. Education Sciences, 13(2), Article 209. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13020209

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Moate, Josephine

Journal or series: Education Sciences

eISSN: 2227-7102

Publication year: 2023

Publication date: 16/02/2023

Volume: 13

Issue number: 2

Article number: 209

Publisher: MDPI AG

Publication country: Switzerland

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13020209

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/85632

Abstract

This article offers a dialogical exploration of student teachers’ reflections on notions of insideness and outsideness, the focal themes of an Erasmus+ ten-day intensive programme (IP). The arts-based, interdisciplinary IP involved 32 student participants and twelve members of staff from eight European universities hosted by the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. The data for this paper are based on the final written essays of student participants as they reflected on their understanding of outsideness and insideness at the end of the IP. The dialogic approach used in the analysis allows for a careful exploration of how the students attended to different experiences, surmised the meaning of insideness and outsideness, and used these reflections to develop their pedagogical response. The findings highlight how the participants drew on their own experiences and relationships within and beyond the IP to navigate and negotiate their pedagogical understanding. This study offers useful insights into the formation of pedagogical understanding as well as the role and responsibilities of teacher education in guiding this formative process, all the more important in times of emergencies.

Keywords: teacher training; students; pedagogical thinking; multiculturalism; outsiderness; arts-based methods; dialogicality; chronotopes; reflection (cognitive processes)

Free keywords: dialogic approach; pedagogical understanding; insideness; outsideness; chronotope; reflection

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VIRTA submission year: 2023

JUFO rating: 1