Journal Articles
Developing reflective and thinking skills by means of semantic mapping strategies in kindergarten teacher education
- Developing reflective and thinking skills by means of semantic mapping strategies in kindergarten teacher education
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- Lim, Swee Eng School of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education
- Chan Cheng, Pui Wah School of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education
- Lam, Mei Seung School of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education
- Ngan, So Fong School of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education
- Early Child Development and Care, 173(1), 55-72, 2003
- Routledge
- 2003
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- Post-Secondary Education
- As part of the module "Further Studies in Kindergarten Curriculum" in the Certificate in Kindergarten Teacher Education Course conducted by the Hong Kong Institute of Education, teacher-educators made use of semantic webbing to help kindergarten teachers/principals develop reflective and thinking skills regarding subject matter content and teaching curriculum. Semantic webbing/mapping or semantic networking or plot maps may be defined as a strategy in which information is categorically structured in graphic/visual form. However, its use in teacher education is more recent. Kindergarten teachers/principals were interviewed to discern how they developed critical thinking and evaluative skills concerning subject matter content and teaching curriculum through the use of semantic webbing. Interviews of a random sample of participants and analysis of their mind-maps revealed a change in perspectives and attitudes towards subject matter content and teaching curriculum. The present paper examines some of the affective outcomes for both teacher educators and student-teachers resulting from the use of semantic webbing/mapping as a strategy for facilitating reflective and critical thinking skills in four components of the module "Further Studies in Kindergarten Curriculum"; namely, Art, Language, Mathematics/Science, as well as Social Studies. Implications for teacher education are drawn from the findings. [Copyright of Early Child Development and Care is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0300443022000022422 ]
- Special Issue on: "Early Childhood Education in Hong Kong."
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 03004430
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/9c41805f
- 2010-09-08
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