ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the thoughts and actions of four of the student-teachers during their final school teaching experience. Through the intensive interview-observationinterview schedule it was possible to compare the student-teachers’ ‘thinking’ about practice with their ‘actual’ practice. In each case the participant was interviewed by me three times in respect of the observed lesson, with the third interview being conducted immediately after the second. The first interview was before teaching the lesson. The purpose of this was to ascertain what he or she intended to do in the lesson and why. The lesson was then video-taped. During the lesson, specific instances that may have portrayed the influence of reflective practice were noted by me. Some of these instances may have been as a diversion from the plan, others could have been as a result of the planning.
