As society is changing rapidly, school in the process of educational reform necessarily demands the
reflective thinking of teachers for performing teaching activities as a expert. The purpose of this
study is to review the important role and meaning of reflective thinking in teacher education and to
examine the use of journal writing for improving special education preteachers' reflective thinking.
The conduct of this study comes from a literature review the personal education and resend arch
experience of using journal writing for special education preteacher’reflective thinking. Journal has
various types and formats such as literature logs, reflective journal, and dialogue journals. Procedures
how to apply a journal writing in special teacher education were reviewed in this paper. The
development of personal meanings attached to journals should be encouraged. Once a learning
community is created, journal writers should be prepared possess the attitudes of openmindedness,
responsibility, and wholeheartedness. In the writing phase, a systematic guideline for writing journals
can be provided. The process and the content of journal writing were explained in detail. Journal
writing helps special education preteachers to develop reflective thinking and shared meanings,
construct personalized theory, and promote critical thinking. Journal writing is certainly a time
consuming activity. Even though journal writing is not free from its limitation, it is a very useful
learning and teaching tool in special teacher education. It is especially a economic tool for assisting
preteachers in becoming better thinker and reflective practitioner.