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ELT Journal 1992 46(2):133-143; doi:10.1093/elt/46.2.133
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Using diaries for teacher reflection on in-service courses

Jennifer Jarvis

Jennifer Jarvis works as a teacher trainer in the Overseas Education Unit, School of Education, University of Leeds. She has taught English in anzania, England, and Malawi, and frequently travels to work with teachers and teacher-trainers in a wide variety of countries. She is particularly interested in the needs of teachers of young learners and in applications of discourse analysis in teaching English.

This paper explores the use of learner diaries, or learning records, with inservice teachers on a short methodology course. It seeks to reach some understanding of how the teachers perceive the role of the diaries, especially in relation to the possibly conflicting demands of reflecting on learning and presenting themselves in what they write. Related issues of the course tutor's role are also considered; particularly those of establishing a meaning for 'reflection', and responding to diary entries. Some illustration of the types of reflection the teachers created is given; and the paper concludes by discussing the value to the teachers and the tutor of using the diary as part of an INSET course.


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