Reflective Practice as Professional Development

Atsuko Watanabe is Senior Lecturer of English for Liberal Arts at the International Christian University, Japan. She has over 20 years’ experience as an English teacher. Her research interests include teacher development, teacher cognition, reflective practice and researchers' reflexivity in qualitative research.

Reflective Practice as Professional Development is a fine example of cross-cultural research that takes the reader on a reflective journey full of fascinating insights into how reflective practice is understood and experienced by a group of teachers in Japan, highlighting both important culturally specific elements and aspects of teacher development common to English Language Teachers all over the world.

• Chapter 1: Introduction and Preface: Embarking of the Journey of Reflective PracticeChapter 2: Designing a Better Way to Learn about Teachers and Professional DevelopmentChapter 3: Situating My Study: Reflective Practice in the Japanese ContextChapter 4: The Reflective ContinuumChapter 5: Reflective Practice and the Consolidation of Professional Identity: Cases of the Novice TeachersChapter 6: Reflective Practice and the Consolidation of Professional Identity: Cases of the Experienced TeachersChapter 7: Participants Awareness and Understanding: Exploring Teacher CognitionChapter 8: The Reflective Interventions: Creating a Space for ExpressionChapter 9: Implications for Professional Development Opportunities for Japanese Teachers