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This chapter introduces the background to this book, with a focus on the use of reflective practice in teaching, and teacher educators’ learning from reflective pieces written by pre-service teachers. This chapter then describes the structure of the book, which consists of six parts. Parts I to V include 33 pre-service teachers’ own narrative stories as well as the five editors’ reflections on these pre-service teachers’ pieces. In the final chapter, the five editors reflect on the content and development of this volume.
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Geng, G., Smith, P., Black, P., Budd, Y., Disney, L. (2019). Learning from Reflective Pre-service Teachers: Introduction to the Book. In: Geng, G., Smith, P., Black, P., Budd, Y., Disney, L. (eds) Reflective Practice in Teaching. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9475-1_1
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