标题：REFLECTIONS FOLLOWING THREE YEARS OF TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF EDUCATORS IN TURKEY: CONSTRUCTING AN OPTIMISTIC, YET REALISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION
出版社：Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES)
摘要：The previous line was written by Fatih, a male, classroom management student in a teacher-training program in Turkey, as part of his daily class reflection. Three years ago, I embarked in the most exciting adventure of my life. I packed my bags, left everything behind, moved to a foreign land, and became a professor at a teacher-training program in Turkey. As this was my first appointment as a professor and, as a way to get immediate feedback from students with regards to my teaching, I decided to ask my students to write daily reflections at the end of every class (and semester reflections at the end of every term). Students were asked to reflect upon what had happened in class, and to think about how they had grown or changed based on class topics, examples, and discussions. What follows are four lessons learned over the last three years by my students and, most importantly, by me.
