Four Lenses of Reflection: Experiences of Teacher Educators

Abstract

This study was conducted to have an in-depth exploration of the experiences of teacher educators regarding the four lenses of reflection. The major research question of the current study was how teacher educators narrate their experiences about four lenses of reflection? The methodological approach chosen for this study was qualitative to have a deep and rich understanding of teacher educator’s experiences about lenses of reflection and narrative research method was used by the researchers. Four teacher educators of well-known universities of the Punjab province were the participants of the study who were selected purposively. Data was collected through narrative interviews in the form of stories. Data analysis procedure of the current study had two phases, at first phase, stories of the participants about their experiences of the four lenses of reflection were formed. In the second phase, at the base of the content of the stories, the final themes were identified. The study found that teacher educators use four lenses of reflection in their professional lives and take great benefit out of it. They follow their favorite teachers, take feedback from students, share their experiences with colleagues in order to improve themselves as teacher educators, but as far as help from literature is concerned they narrate that they need to improve their study habits. Besides all the benefits of reflection, this study explored that reflection is a very productive process but if used only for the sake of positive intensions.