Student Teachers’ Reflective Practices Using Journal Writing As E-Portfolio During Teaching Internship At The Time Of Covid 19 Pandemic
Abstract
This study focuses on the reflective practices that preservice teachers do during field teaching
practice at the time of COVID 19. The purpose of this research to describe their reflections on
online school-based teaching practicum. The data were collected by utilizing journal writing as eportfolio
documents that were during teaching practice. The collected data were analyzed
thematically using reflection according Bain, Ballantyne, Packer, & Mills, (1999) on preservice
teachers’ reflection. The research reveals three thematic findings that namely, Focus on Teaching,
Focus on Self, and Focus on Professional Issues. In addition, which theme and sub-theme
frequently identified includes General Teaching Issues (GTI), Specific Lessons or Incidents (SI),
Own Teaching Approach (OTA), Relationship/Discussion with Supervising Teaching (RST),
Teaching as Professional (TP). Thus, this research implies that the use of journal writing as eportfolios
can
facilitate
the
reflection
practice of
prospective
teachers.