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<p>Opportunities for self-reflection and collaborative reflection support inquiry-based teaching. The presented study focuses on retrospective self-reports of 14 science teachers about teaching inquiry lessons in their regular science classes. Their self-reports were compared with observation reports of researchers. Data from semi-structured interviews were added. The results indicate that teachers overestimated their performance in the class in all observed areas of inquiry instruction. The most misinterpreted and overestimated area by teachers seems to be formulating research questions, analysing data and drawing conclusions, which are the most effective processes in student learning. Based on the results of the study, several implications are suggested in order to focus on the self-reflective skills of teachers.</p>
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Opportunities for self-reflection and collaborative reflection support inquiry-based teaching. The presented study focuses on retrospective self-reports of 14 science teachers about teaching inquiry lessons in their regular science classes. Their self-reports were compared with observation reports of researchers. Data from semi-structured interviews were added. The results indicate that teachers overestimated their performance in the class in all observed areas of inquiry instruction. The most misinterpreted and overestimated area by teachers seems to be formulating research questions, analysing data and drawing conclusions, which are the most effective processes in student learning. Based on the results of the study, several implications are suggested in order to focus on the self-reflective skills of teachers.

Congruence and Discrepancy Between Observation and Teachers’ Self-Report of Inquiry-Based Instruction

Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Chemistry-Didactics-Ecology-Metrology

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Opportunities for self-reflection and collaborative reflection support inquiry-based teaching. The presented study focuses on retrospective self-reports of 14...

Congruence and Discrepancy Between Observation and Teachers’ Self-Report of Inquiry-Based Instruction

Published Online: Feb 01, 2023

Page range: 123 - 134

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cdem-2022-0002

Keywords
self-report, teacher reflection skills, inquiry-based instruction

© 2022 Katarína Kotuľáková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Congruence and Discrepancy Between Observation and Teachers’ Self-Report of Inquiry-Based Instruction

Published Online: Feb 01, 2023

Page range: 123 - 134

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cdem-2022-0002

Keywordsself-report, teacher reflection skills, inquiry-based instruction

© 2022 Katarína Kotuľáková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
self-report, teacher reflection skills, inquiry-based instruction