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Wildman and Niles observed that systematic reflection on teaching required a sound ability to understand classroom events in an objective manner. They describe the initial understanding in the teachers with whom they were working as being “utilitarian … and not rich or detailed enough to drive systematic reflection.”

I can't understand the meaning of the second sentence: "They describe ... ." what does "in the teachers" mean? what does "drive systematic reflection" mean?

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They observe that fellow teachers lack in deep comprehension of classroom events. Such teachers adopt a pragmatic approach to teaching, and don't consider single events as part of a complex process. Systematic reflection is a learning procedure during which learners comprehensively analyze their behaviour and evaluate the contribution of its components to performance outcomes.

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"They describe the initial understanding in the teachers..."

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"They tell us that the knowledge the teachers possessed at the beginning..."

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"...drive systematic reflection"

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"push forward the process of a wide range of reconsidering on this topic"

"drive" = "move forward in an externally motivated manner", like a car driving someone to a destination

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