Very little information about the impact of reflection on teacher performance, teacher retention, and student learning is available in teacher preparation programs. This book provides practical and research-based chapters that offer greater clarity about the particular kinds of reflection that matter and avoids talking about teacher reflection generically, which implies that all kinds of reflection are of equal value. This book addresses five very pertinent concepts: (1) teacher reflectivity in theory and research, (2) teacher reflectivity in teacher education programs, (3) teacher reflectivity with teacher candidates, (4) teacher reflectivity in schools and classrooms, and (5) teacher reflectivity and international perspectives.

Contributions by: Sunya T. Collier, Dean Cristol, Sandra Dean, Nancy Fichtman Dana, Donna H. Foss, Rebecca K. Fox, Nancy P. Gallavan, Eric Greenwald, Leah Herner-Patnode, James L. Hoffman, Fred A.J. Korthagen, Barbara Larrivee Hea-Jin Lee, Jane McCarthy, Christie McIntyre, D.John McIntyre, Rejoyce Soukup Milam, Melissa Mosley, Lynn Paine, Walter S. Polka, Linda Quinn, Mistilina Sato, Jason Jude Smith, Anne Rath, Audra Roach, Katie Russell, Kelly Vaughn, Jian Wang, Angela Webster-Smith, Ruth Chung Wei, C Stephen White, Rachel Wlodarksy, Diane Yendol-Hoppey, Martha Young