Share Paper: Which Window is Open? Using the Johari Widow of Personal Awareness to Inform Dialogic Online Pedagogic Identity Transformation

  1. Rebecca Blankenship, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, United States

Abstract: Engaging in reflective practice is certainly not a new concept in the field of teacher education. There are several existing models and theories used as frameworks to guide teacher candidates as they navigate the development of their professional personas. Over the course of their pre-service training, teacher candidates characteristically experience changes in their teaching philosophy, and by extension, their pedagogic identities. Typically, these changes occur at the initial, midpoint, and final stages of the candidacy resulting from iterative reflective practices demonstrated through coursework and field experiences. Traditional models of teaching and learning situate these reflections through exchanges of experiences during ...