88 | EXPLORING SELF-REFLECTION PRACTICE AS A MEANS TO SELF-DEVELOPMENT FOR PROSPECTIVE TEACHER OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM P-ISSN: 2580-9326 E-ISSN: 2580-7714 Journal of Elementary Education Volume 5, Number 1, February 2021 EXPLORING SELF-REFLECTION PRACTICE AS A MEANS TO SELF-DEVELOPMENT FOR PROSPECTIVE TEACHER OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM Diah Yovita Suryarini 1 , Reza Syehma Bahtiar 2 1 Universitas Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya 2 Universitas Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya 1 dyovie24@gmail.com 2 syehma_fbs@uwks.ac.id Abstract This study aimed to investigate the self-reflection practice of prospective teacher of elementary education for their sense of self-development. This study will be guided by qualitative descriptive approach with phenomenology hermeneutics to investigate prospective teacher’s feeling in their written text. Accordingly the text would be analyzed using rhetorical analysis. The data of this study were collected from six written self-reflection that has correct composition as reflection from six prospective teacher that has taken implementation of thematic based learning class. The data of this study were analyzed based on its rhetorical expression with the consideration of the three stages of reflection process. The result of this study revealed that written self-reflections of prospective teacher mostly follow the same flow of reflection and has the sense of self-development in terms of their new perspective on the matter under consideration. Their new persepective usually in terms of conclusion or self-encouragement on the matter under consideration. The implication of this study was Result of this study may encourage the practice of reflection or self-reflection for prospective teacher so that it can be practiced and implemented more to the prospective teacher for their own personal and professional development. Keywords: self-reflection, self-development, prospective teacher of elementary school teacher Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui praktik refleksi diri calon guru pendidikan dasar untuk pengembangan diri. Penelitian ini akan dipandu dengan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif dengan hermeneutika fenomenologi untuk mengetahui perasaan calon guru dalam teks tertulisnya. Teks tersebut akan dianalisis dengan menggunakan analisis retoris. Data penelitian ini dikumpulkan dari enam refleksi diri tertulis yang memiliki komposisi yang benar sebagai refleksi dari enam calon guru yang telah melaksanakan pembelajaran berbasis tematik. Data penelitian ini dianalisis berdasarkan ekspresi retorisnya dengan pertimbangan tiga tahap proses refleksi. Hasil penelitian ini mengungkapkan bahwa refleksi diri tertulis calon guru sebagian besar mengikuti alur refleksi yang sama dan memiliki sense of development self-development. dalam hal perspektif baru mereka tentang masalah yang sedang dipertimbangkan. Persepektif baru mereka biasanya berupa kesimpulan atau dorongan diri sendiri atas masalah yang sedang dipertimbangkan. Implikasi dari penelitian ini adalah Hasil penelitian ini dapat mendorong praktik refleksi atau refleksi diri bagi calon guru sehingga dapat dipraktekkan dan diimplementasikan lebih kepada calon guru untuk pengembangan pribadi dan profesionalnya.. Kata Kunci: refleksi diri, pengembangan diri, mahasiswa PGSD INTRODUCTION Teacher is considered as a great asset in education; accordingly, as a teacher she/he needs to continuously develop her/himself to be a better and effective teacher. Developing themselves personally and professionally for teacher is essential, moreover if it is done in earlier stage, when they were still as prospective teacher. Prospective teacher needs to be