Study of Reflection Experiences of Primary School Teachers to Determine Reflective Themes

The aim of the present study was to investigate the reflective narratives of elementary school teachers to determine the topics on which specialized teachers are working. The present research method was qualitative and narrative research. Narrative research is a phenomenological research strategy for studying the living experiences of individuals in the form of specific narratives. The statistical population of the study was all professional and specialized primary school teachers in Paveh city who were selected by snowball method. After 5 interviews, the researcher saturated the data in terms of data collection, i.e., new information and data that could determine other dimensions of the research questions were not produced. Data analysis was performed based on narrative content analysis. The results of the first question showed that specialized teachers express 5 narratives of reflection, which indicate the 5 main topics on which they study is based. These 5 topics include: 1) cognition and knowledge 2) learning 3) teaching 4) evaluation and 5) Classroom management. Overall, the narratives of expert teachers suggest that reflection plays an important role in recognizing teaching situations, learning from situations, improving teaching performance, and providing new methods for better classroom evaluation and management.