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Collaborative reflection and tutor’s assistance in teacher education: Two case studies on case-based reflection settings: EAPRIL Conference Proceedings 2015

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This paper studies the functioning of collaborative reflection in a case-based reflection setting integrated in the teacher education Practicum. We carried out two case studies in which reflection was conducted collaboratively by 15 student teachers and one tutor. In each reflection process, we investigate the phases and the sequence of collaborative reflection and the assistance offered by the tutor in the different phases of the process. We identify consistent sequences and phases, with each phase being characterized by different types of tutor assistance. However, these sequences and phases differed clearly in the two cases studied, and the purposes that the tutors pursue through reflection were also different. Moreover, the sequences found did not conform to the patterns that some authors considered to be characteristic of good reflection. Our findings provide support to the idea posited by previous authors that there is no single specific sequence that defines good reflection, and that good reflection can take many different forms and have many different purposes.

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Collaborative reflection and tutor’s assistance in teacher education: Two case studies on case-based reflection settings: EAPRIL Conference Proceedings 2015

Author: Mauri, Teresa; Clarà, Marc; Colomina, Rosa; Onrubia, Javier; Cubero Pérez, Rosario; Martínez, Agurtzane; Cubero Pérez, Mercedes; Usabiaga, Ana
Publisher: European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning (EAPRIL)
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COLLABORATIVE REFLECTION AND TUTOR’S ASSISTANCE IN
TEACHER EDUCATION. TWO CASE STUDIES ON CASE-BASED
REFLECTION SETTINGS
Te esa Mau i*, Ma c Cla à**, Rosa Colomina*, Ja ie On ubia*, Rosa io Cube o***,
Agu zane Ma inez****, Me cedes Cube o***, Ana Usabiaga****
*Uni e si y o Ba celona, Passeig de la Vall d’Heb on, 171, 08035 Ba ceona, e esamau [email protected],
**Uni e si y o Lleida, A inguda de l’Es udi Gene al, 4, 25001 Lleida, ma c.cla [email protected], ***Uni e si y
o Se illa, c/ Camilo José Cela s/n, 41013 Se illa, ****Mond agon Uni e si y, Lo amendi, 4, 20500 A asa e
ABSTRACT
This pape s udies he unc ioning o collabo a i e e lec ion in a case-based e lec ion se ing
in eg a ed in he eache educa ion P ac icum. We ca ied ou wo case s udies in which e lec ion
was conduc ed collabo a i ely by 15 s uden eache s and one u o . In each e lec ion p ocess, we
in es iga e he phases and he sequence o collabo a i e e lec ion and he assis ance o e ed by he
u o in he di e en phases o he p ocess. We iden i y consis en sequences and phases, wi h each
phase being cha ac e ized by di e en ypes o u o assis ance. Howe e , hese sequences and phases
di e ed clea ly in he wo cases s udied, and he pu poses ha he u o s pu sue h ough e lec ion
we e also di e en . Mo eo e , he sequences ound did no con o m o he pa e ns ha some au ho s
conside ed o be cha ac e is ic o good e lec ion. Ou indings p o ide suppo o he idea posi ed by
p e ious au ho s ha he e is no single speci ic sequence ha de ines good e lec ion, and ha good
e lec ion can ake many di e en o ms and ha e many di e en pu poses.
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REFLECTION IN TEACHER EDUCATION
Re lec ion is conside ed cen al in eaching and in eache educa ion p og ams oday. I s inco po a ion
wi hin eache educa ion and he de elopmen o e lec i e skills a e cu en ly he ocus o a g ea deal
o esea ch in his ield, and many possibili ies ha e been p oposed (Buscho & Kamm, 2015; Kim e
al., 2013). One se ing ha is becoming inc easingly popula , especially when in eg a ed in s uden
eache s’ p ac icums, is case-based e lec ion. Typically, his se ing consis s o p esen ing a eal
p ac ice si ua ion, on which a u o and se e al s uden eache s conduc collabo a i e e lec ion
(McCullagh, 2012; Tigelaa e al., 2008; Mau i e al., 2015). The gene al s uc u e o his se ing is
well es ablished, wi h se e al ways o p esen ing he si ua ion o e lec ion (e.g., ideo eco dings,
w i en c i ical e en s, and di ec obse a ion), bu i is a less clea how he p ocess o collabo a i e
e lec ion should be conduc ed in e ms o he in e ac ion o he pa icipan s and u o s’ assis ance
(Gel uso & Dennis, 2014). The e a e wo main easons o his lack o de ini ion. Fi s , he ques ion o
he exac na u e and pu pose o e lec ion emains con o e sial; and second, he e is no consensus on
how collabo a i e e lec ion should wo k, and how i should be assis ed by he u o .
Rega ding he na u e o e lec ion, o example, he e is an ongoing discussion abou whe he
success ul e lec ion is de ined by a unique sequence o phases (Ko hagen, 2001; Gel uso & Dennis,
2014) o , on he o he hand, whe he i can ake many di e en o ms wi hou a p e-es ablished
sequence (Cla à, 2015; Tessema, 2008). Among hose who de end he exis ence o a cha ac e is ic
sequence, he mos popula candida es a e Ko agen’s ALACT sequence (Ac ion-Looking Back-
Awa eness-C ea ing-T ial) and a sequence s ongly based on Dewey’s (1933) w i ings e med
Sugges ion-In ellec ualiza ion-Idea-Elabo a ion-Tes ing (e.g. Gel uso & Dennis, 2014). No is he e a
consensus on he in ended pu pose o e lec ion. Among he di e en posi ions a e he Delibe a i e
App oach, acco ding o which e lec ion should con as he si ua ion o p ac ice wi h academic
knowledge (Theo y wi h a big “T”); he Realis ic App oach, which aims o gene a e pe sonal heo y
( heo y wi h a small “ ”) om e lec ion on p ac ice; he Pe sonal App oach, in which e lec ion is
o ien ed o making hidden pe sonal belie s explici and conscious; and he C i ical App oach, o ien ed
owa ds mo ally o ideologically elici ing and conside ing social, poli ical and e hical issues h ough
e lec ion. (Mans elde -Longay oux, Beijaa d, & Ve loop, 2007; Ko hagen, 2001). I has been a gued
ha his dispa i y in he concep ions o he pu pose o e lec ion is due o he pedagogical iews
unde lying i s o ien a ion, which, o una ely and ine i ably, a e e y plu al (Ko hagen, 2001).
The unc ioning o collabo a i e e lec ion has been app oached om wo main iewpoin s. Mos
analyses ha e ocused on ways o assis ing indi idual e lec ion wi hin a collabo a i e se ing. Fo
example, Ko hagen (2001) s udied he u o ’s sca olds which can assis each phase o he indi idual
ALACT sequence, Ha o d & MacRua ic (2008) s udied how o p omp and s uc u e dialogue among
pee s in such a way ha hei collabo a ion os e s e lec ion, and Wope eis, Sloep, & Poo man
(2010) s udied how ce ain ools (in hei case, blogs, bu o he esea che s ha e s udied po olios,
simula ion ools, e c.) can be used o p omo e indi idual e lec ion wi hin a collabo a i e se ing. In
pa allel, a smalle body o esea ch has buil up a ound he s udy o e lec ion as a collabo a i e
p ocess – ha is, collabo a i e e lec ion as a e lec ion p ocess in i sel , and no only as a
collabo a i e se ing ha suppo s indi idual e lec ion. This app oach akes pa icipan s’ join ac i i y
as a uni o analysis. F om his pe spec i e, o example, Tigelaa e al., (2008) s udied and iden i ied
di e en in e ac ion ypes in p ocesses o collabo a i e e lec ion: e.g. Cla i ying, In e p e ing,
Judging, Explaining, e c. Ko hagen (2001) also explo ed his kind o app oach, and p oposed a
sequence o collabo a i e phases in e lec ion: Expe ience – S uc u ing – Focusing – heo y (no e ha
heo y is w i en wi h a small “ ”).
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In his pape we s udy collabo a i e e lec ion in case-based e lec ion se ings, s a ing om h ee
p emises: 1) e lec ion is app oached as a collabo a i e p ocess – ha is, we aim o s udy collabo a i e
e lec ion as a e lec ion p ocess in i sel , by adop ing social uni s o analysis; 2) success ul e lec ion
may ha e many di e en pu poses; 3) success ul e lec ion may ake many di e en o ms and
sequences.
The s udy pu sues wo esea ch objec i es: i s , o unde s and how p ocesses o collabo a i e
e lec ion a e s uc u ed and e ol e, and second, o unde s and he u o ’s ole wi hin hese
collabo a i e p ocesses
METHOD
Design, se ing, pa icipan s and da a
In iew o hese p emises and objec i es, we adop ed a mul iple case s udy design. Since we we e
open o (and in e es ed in) a di e si y o o ms and pu poses o e lec ion, we s udied eigh cases in
which he e lec ion was guided by eigh di e en u o s, a h ee uni e si ies in cul u ally di e en
a eas in Spain (Andalusia, Basque Coun y, and Ca alonia). In all ins ances a simila case-based
e lec ion se ing was used, bu no indica ions we e gi en o u o s ega ding he guidance hey should
gi e (excep ha hey should o e oppo uni ies o s uden s o pa icipa e and alk).
In all h ee se ings, he case-based e lec ions we e ca ied ou a he uni e si y du ing he s uden s’
p ac icum pe iod. The si ua ions o be e lec ed upon we e eal e en s expe ienced by he pa icipan s
in hei p ac icum. Each s uden selec ed one si ua ion o e en du ing he p ac icum ha she wan ed
o discuss in he collabo a i e e lec ion; she w o e a desc ip ion o i , and ead i ou loud in he case-
based e lec ion se ing. A e his, he collabo a i e e lec ion p ocess began. In he eigh cases,
be ween 10 and 15 s uden eache s and one o wo u o s ook pa . The e was a minimum o i e
consecu i e sessions las ing app oxima ely 90 minu es each. One, wo, o some imes h ee si ua ions
we e e lec ed upon in each session.
We ideo aped he i s i e sessions o all cases. These ideo apes cons i u e he main da a o
analysis, bu we also in e iewed he u o s be o e and a e he i e sessions in o de o ga he da a on
he pu pose hey we e pu suing when guiding collabo a i e e lec ion.
Analysis
We applied wo analy ical echniques o he ideo aped da a: In e ac i i y Analysis and Con en
Analysis. In e ac i i y Analysis (Coll, On ubia & Mau i, 2008) is a echnique o he analysis o join
ac i i y in educa ional se ings, s ongly based on he idea o pa icipa ion s uc u es (E ickson &
Schulz, 1997), which uses social uni s o analysis. The aim o applying his analysis o ou da a was o
cha ac e ize and unde s and he phases o collabo a i e e lec ion occu ing in each p ocess o
collabo a i e e lec ion. In sho , his analysis in ol ed h ee s eps. Fi s , we iden i ied chunks o
in e ac ion which unc ioned as uni s; second, we coded each o hese uni s o in e ac ion by means o
induc i ely c ea ed ca ego ies which desc ibed “wha he pa icipan s a e doing oge he ”; hi d, we
desc ibed each o hese uni s o in e ac ion acco ding o he s uc u e o u n- aking among he
pa icipan s.
Con en Analysis is a echnique which pe mi s eliable coding o la ge amoun s o quali a i e da a, so
ha he da a a e in some sense simpli ied and can be mo e easily p ocessed and managed
(K ippendo , 1980; Cla à & Mau i, 2010). We applied his echnique o iden i y he di e en o ms
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o assis ance o e ed by he u o a he a ious phases o he e lec ion p ocess. The uni we used o
apply he codes was he u n. The sys em o ca ego ies was induc i ely c ea ed om he da a
hemsel es (Ge bic & S acey, 2005), and in e - a e p ocedu es we e success ully conduc ed o
es ablish he eliabili y o he sys em ( o all he dimensions, in he las e sion o he sys em, he a e
o ag eemen was abo e 75% in independen coding o 30% o he da a). The sys em o ca ego ies
included h ee dimensions o assis ance: 1) Assis ance wi h he dialogic na u e o con e sa ion (se en
ca ego ies); 2) Assis ance wi h he in e p e a ion o he si ua ion (10 ca ego ies); 3) Assis ance wi h
linking heo y and p ac ice (six ca ego ies).
RESULTS
In his pape we p esen he esul s o wo cases, which we will call Case 1 and Case 2.
Case 1
In Case 1, 15 s uden eache s and one u o pa icipa ed in he e lec ion. In he in e iew, he u o
desc ibed he aim while guiding he e lec ion p ocess as o encou age he s uden s o iden i y in e nal
con adic ions o dilemmas which may explain why he si ua ion ook place in he way i did. In he
i e sessions analysed, he pa icipan s e lec ed on eigh di e en si ua ions ( wo in he i s session,
wo in he second, one in he hi d, one in he ou h, and wo in he i h).
In he global conside a ion o he i e sessions, In e ac i i y Analysis makes i possible o iden i y a
gene al pa e n o collabo a i e e lec ion composed by ou phases: Cla i ica ion-Explo a ion-
Focaliza ion-In e p e a ion (Table 1).
Table 1
Gene al s uc u e o collabo a i e e lec ion (Case 1)
S uc u e:
Cla i ica ion
Explo a ion
Focaliza ion
In e p e a ion
In e ac ion:
S -S-S -S
T-S-S-S-S
T-S-T-S
T
To al ime in
he i e
sessions (eigh
si ua ions):
27 m.
59 m.
125 m.
34 m.
% o o al ime
(weigh ):
11%
24%
51%
14%
The Cla i ica ion phase is de o ed o cla i ying aspec s o he si ua ion p esen ed o e lec ion. In his
phase he in e ac ion is ypically cen ed on he s uden who has p esen ed he si ua ion, o whom he
o he s uden s di ec hei ques ions one a e he o he ; hus, he u n- aking s uc u e can be
ep esen ed as Ss-S-Ss-S (whe e Ss is he s uden who p esen ed he si ua ion, and S a e o he
s uden s). The Explo a ion phase is de o ed o explo ing di e en , independen ly conside ed, aspec s
o p oblems o he si ua ion unde e lec ion. Typically, hese aspec s a e conside ed one a e he
o he . Fo example, in a si ua ion desc ibing a con lic be ween eache s abou how o si ua e s uden s
in a class oom (one eache , in one subjec , wan ed o si ua e hem in pai s, while ano he eache , in a
di e en subjec , wan ed o si ua e hem in g oups o ou ), one aspec was “ he p oblems ha he
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con inuous e-o ganiza ion o he class oom may cause o child en’s lea ning”, and ano he aspec
was “ he di icul y some eache s ind in using collabo a i e me hodology”, e c. The u n- aking
s uc u e in his phase was open, and ypically no pa icipan became he cen e o he con e sa ion.
The u n- aking s uc u e can be ep esen ed as T-S-S-S (whe e T is he u o and S a e di e en
s uden s). The Focaliza ion phase ocuses on in e nal ensions o dilemmas which may be unde lying
he si ua ion, c ea ing ension be ween aspec s usually explo ed in he p e ious phase. Fo example, in
he si ua ion men ioned abo e, a ension exis s “be ween me hodological s abili y in he class and
eache s’ au onomy”. In his phase, he u n- aking s uc u e is ypically cen ed on he u o and can
be ep esen ed as T-S-T-S... (whe e T is he u o and S a e di e en s uden s). Finally, he
In e p e a ion phase is de o ed o es ablishing a plausible in e p e a ion o he si ua ion, based on he
cla i ica ion o he main dilemma o in e nal ension which explains i . Typically his is done by means
o a monologue by he u o , wi h li le in e en ion om he s uden s. Taking he i e sessions
oge he , he phase which was gi en mos ime was Focaliza ion, wi h 125 minu es (51% o he o al
collabo a i e e lec ion ime). Jus unde a qua e o he ime was gi en o Explo a ion (59 minu es,
24%), 14% o In e p e a ion (34 minu es), and he 11% o Cla i ica ion (27 minu es). I we look a he
di e en collabo a i e e lec ion p ocesses sepa a ely, we ind ha he gene al s uc u e p esen ed
abo e is qui e consis en o e he i e sessions and eigh si ua ions e lec ed upon in Case 1 (Table 2).
The sequen ial o de o he di e en phases was consis en in all he e lec ion p ocesses. The ull
sequence was ound in ou ins ances; in wo o he s one phase was missing (si ua ion 5 lacked
Cla i ica ion and si ua ion 7 lacked Explo a ion); he emaining wo ins ances lacked wo phases
(Cla i ica ion and In e p e a ion, in 1 and 2). In all ins ances, he phase wi h he mos ime was
Focaliza ion, al hough in 2 and 3, Explo a ion and Focaliza ion we e gi en he same amoun o ime.
Table 2
Phases o collabo a i e e lec ion in each si ua ion (Case 1)
Cla i ica ion
Explo a ion
Focaliza ion
In e p e a ion
Si ua ion
(session)
% o al ime
% o al ime
% o al ime
% o al ime
1 (1)
--
31%
68%
--
2 (1)
--
50%
50%
--
3 (2)
11%
31%
31%
27%
4 (2)
33%
14%
33%
19%
5 (3)
--
14%
67%
19%
6 (4)
18%
21%
43%
18%
7 (5)
38%
--
48%
14%
8 (5)
16%
26%
31%
26%
Con en Analysis iden i ied ce ain ypes o assis ance which we e cha ac e is ic o some o he phases
o collabo a i e e lec ion in Case 1 (Table 3). In he Cla i ica ion phase, he u o o e ed no

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assis ance a all; howe e , he o e ed assis ance in he Explo a ion phase. The mos equen o ms o
assis ance in his phase we e: Opening up he con e sa ion o o he s, o encou age he pa icipa ion o
mo e s uden s in he con e sa ion; and Reminding s uden s o he in e p e a i e cha ac e o e lec ion,
o a oid e alua i e and judgemen al a i udes. In he Focaliza ion phase, he mos equen o ms o
assis ance we e: once again, Opening up he con e sa ion o o he s; Conside ing s uden s’
con ibu ions when he u o con ibu es o he con e sa ion – o example, highligh ing wha one
s uden has said; and Fos e ing s uden s’ iden i ica ion o dilemmas, usually by means o p o oca i e
ques ions o in e en ions. In he In e p e a ion phase, he mos equen o ms o assis ance we e:
Conside ing s uden s’ con ibu ions and Iden i ying explana o y dilemmas in he si ua ion, in which
he u o himsel highligh ed, iden i ied o explained hese dilemmas o in e nal ensions.
Table 3
Typical o ms o u o ’s assis ance in each phase (Case 1)
Cla i ica ion
Explo a ion
Focaliza ion
In e p e a ion
Typical
assis ance on
Dialogic
Con e sa ion
Opening he
con e sa ion o
o he s
Opening he
con e sa ion
o o he s
Conside ing
s uden s’
con ibu ions
Conside ing
s uden s’
con ibu ions
Typical
assis ance on
In e p e a ion
Reminding
pa icipan s o
he
in e p e a i e
cha ac e o
e lec ion
Fos e ing
s uden s’
iden i ica ion
o dilemmas
Iden i ying
explana o y
dilemmas in
he si ua ion
Typical
assis ance on
linking
Theo y and
P ac ice
Case 2
In Case 2, as in Case 1, 15 s uden eache s and one u o pa icipa ed in he e lec ion. In he
in e iew, he u o iden i ied he pu pose in guiding he e lec ion p ocess as o gene a e academic
knowledge by app oaching he p ac ical si ua ion being e lec ed upon om he pe spec i e o Theo y.
In he i e sessions, pa icipan s e lec ed upon i e di e en si ua ions.
In he global assessmen o he i e sessions analysed, as in Case 1, In e ac i i y Analysis iden i ied a
gene al pa e n o collabo a i e e lec ion composed by ou phases, al hough hese phases we e
clea ly di e en om he ones ound in Case 1. The phases iden i ied in Case 2 we e: Cla i ica ion-
Explo a ion-Theo e ical Discussion-Syn hesis (Table 3).
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Table 4
Gene al s uc u e o collabo a i e e lec ion (Case 2)
S uc u e:
Cla i ica ion
Explo a ion
Theo e ical
Discussion
Syn hesis
In e ac ion:
Ss-S-Ss-S
T-S-S-T
T-S-S-S-T
T
To al ime in
i e sessions
( i e
si ua ions):
10 m.
237 m.
60 m.
8 m.
% o o al ime
(weigh ):
3%
75%
19%
3%
As in Case 1, he sequence o collabo a i e e lec ion in Case 2 began wi h he phase o Cla i ica ion,
ollowed by Explo a ion. Howe e , in Case 2, he u n- aking s uc u e o he Explo a ion phase was
sligh ly di e en ; in his case he con e sa ion was mo e cen ed on he Tu o , hough no excessi ely
so. Typically, he u o ’s in e en ion was ollowed by in e en ions om se e al ( hough no many)
s uden s; hen he u o summa ized o conside ed wha hese ew s uden s had said and es a ed he
con e sa ion. Thus, he con e sa ion was o ganized as a succession o sho pieces o open
con e sa ion be ween s uden s, which we e ma ked and con olled by u o ’s in e en ions a he
beginning and end o each sho piece. This can be ep esen ed as T-S-S-T... (whe e T is he u o and
S a e di e en s uden s). The Theo e ical Discussion phase was de o ed o wo king ou heo e ical
knowledge, p e iously lea n by he s uden s in o he subjec s, by using he si ua ion o exempli y and
examine Theo y. The u n- aking s uc u e was simila o ha o he p e ious phase, ha is, T-S-S-T...
Finally, he Syn hesis phase was aimed o p o ide an in eg a ed and cohe en iew o wha had been
said and es ablished in he p e ious phases. The u n- aking s uc u e ypically comp ised a monologue
by he u o , wi h li le in e en ion by he s uden s.
Taking he i e sessions oge he , he phase which was gi en he mos ime was, by a long way,
Explo a ion, wi h 237 minu es, o 75% o he o al collabo a i e e lec ion ime. Theo e ical
Discussion was gi en 19% o he o al ime (60 minu es), and Cla i ica ion and Syn hesis only 3%
each (10 and 8 minu es espec i ely).
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Table 5
Phases o collabo a i e e lec ion in each si ua ion (Case 2)
Cla i ica ion
Explo a ion
Theo e ical
Discussion
Syn hesis
Si ua ion
(session)
% o al ime
% o al ime
% o al ime
% o al ime
1 (1)
----
58%
42%
----
2 (2)
5%
95%
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----
3 (3)
----
57%
33%
10%
4 (4)
----
100%
----
----
5 (5)
11%
69%
15%
5%
Looking a each e lec ion p ocess sepa a ely, we ind ha he o de in which he ou phases appea ed
was qui e consis en , bu ha hey did no always appea (Table 4). In ac , he ou phases only
appea ed all oge he in one ins ance (5); in one ins ance he e was only one phase (Explo a ion in 4),
and in wo o he ins ances he e we e only wo (Explo a ion and Theo e ical discussion in 1, and
Cla i ica ion and Explo a ion in 2). Howe e , in all ins ances he emphasis (in e ms o ime) was
clea ly placed on he phase o Explo a ion, which was he only phase ha appea ed in all he e lec ion
p ocesses in his case.
Rega ding u o ’s assis ance, we iden i ied some cha ac e is ic ypes in each o he ou phases in Case
2. The mos ypical o m o assis ance in he Cla i ica ion phase was Conside ing s uden s’
con ibu ions when he u o con ibu ed o he con e sa ion. The mos ypical o ms o assis ance in
he Explo a ion phase we e Conside ing s uden s’ con ibu ions (once again); Opening he
con e sa ion o o he s in o de o os e he pa icipa ion o mo e s uden s; Reminding pa icipan s o
he in e p e a i e cha ac e o e lec ion; Iden i ying new aspec s o he si ua ion, in which he u o
highligh ed o p oposed a new aspec and asked he s uden s o conside i in hei e lec ion; Fos e ing
he s uden s’ iden i ica ion o new aspec s o he si ua ion, in which, ins ead o p oposing he new
aspec di ec ly, he u o ga e clues, sugges ions, o ques ions so ha he s uden s hemsel es
iden i ied new aspec s o be inco po a ed in he e lec ion; Iden i ying links wi h o he si ua ions, in
which he u o es ablished simila i ies o compa isons be ween he si ua ion unde e lec ion and o he
si ua ions; and Iden i ying links wi h academic knowledge, in which he u o poin ed o ela ionships
be ween he si ua ion and aspec s o Theo y. The mos ypical assis ances o e ed in he Theo e ical
Discussion phase we e: Conside ing s uden s’ con ibu ions; Opening he con e sa ion o o he s;
Reques ing cla i ica ion om a s uden abou he opinions o iews; Iden i ying new aspec s o he
si ua ion; and Fos e ing he s uden s’ iden i ica ion o links wi h academic knowledge, in which,
ins ead o he u o iden i ying hese links (as she ypically did in he p e ious phase), he u o now
ga e clues o ques ions o encou age he s uden s hemsel es o iden i y new links wi h hei academic
knowledge. Finally, he mos ypical o ms o assis ance ha he u o o e ed in he Syn hesis phase
we e: Conside ing s uden s’ con ibu ions; Reminding pa icipan s o he in e p e a i e cha ac e o
e lec ion; Iden i ying new aspec s o he si ua ion; Reminding pa icipan s o he in e p e a i e
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amewo k o e e ence, in which he u o emphasized heo e ical amewo ks o ideas ha he
s uden s had wo ked on in o he subjec s; and Iden i ying links wi h academic knowledge.
Table 6
Typical o ms o u o ’s assis ance in each phase (Case 2)
Cla i ica ion
Explo a ion
Theo e ical
Discussion
Syn hesis
Typical
assis ance in
Dialogic
Con e sa ion
Conside ing
s uden s’
con ibu ions
Conside ing
s uden s’
con ibu ions
Opening he
con e sa ion o
o he s
Conside ing
s uden s’
con ibu ions
Opening he
con e sa ion
o o he s
Reques ing
cla i ica ion
om a s uden
Conside ing
s uden s’
con ibu ions
Typical
assis ance on
In e p e a ion
Reminding
pa icipan s o
he
in e p e a i e
cha ac e o
e lec ion
Iden i ying new
aspec s o he
si ua ion
Fos e ing he
s uden s’
iden i ica ion
o new aspec s
o he si ua ion
Iden i ying
new aspec s
o he
si ua ion
Reminding
pa icipan s o
he
in e p e a i e
cha ac e o
e lec ion
Iden i ying new
aspec s o he
si ua ion
Reminding
pa icipan s o
he
in e p e a i e
amewo k o
e e ence (e.g.
cons uc i ism)
Typical
assis ance on
linking
Theo y and
P ac ice
Iden i ying
links wi h o he
si ua ions
Iden i ying
links wi h
academic
knowledge
Fos e ing he
s uden s’
iden i ica ion
o links wi h
academic
knowledge
Iden i ying
links wi h
academic
knowledge