English Language Teachers' Perceptions of Professional Teaching

Autor/in	Oder, Tuuli
Titel	English Language Teachers' Perceptions of Professional Teaching
Quelle	In: Teacher Development, 18 (2014) 4, S.482-494 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1747-5120
DOI	10.1080/13664530.2014.953253
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Language Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Curriculum; Secondary School Teachers; Teacher Education Programs; Faculty Development; Instructional Effectiveness; Teaching Methods; Grade 7; Grade 9; Grade 8; Surveys; Likert Scales; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Beliefs; Constructivism (Learning); Humanistic Education; Traditionalism; Teacher Competencies; Estonia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehrerverhalten; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Unterrichtserfolg; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Likert-Skala; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Belief; Glaube; Humanistische Bildung; Traditionalismus; Lehrkunst; Estland
Abstract	During the most recent educational reform in Estonia, a new National Curriculum was introduced in 2010 providing new guidelines for education generally and foreign languages specifically. To investigate the understanding that an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher has about professional teaching and whether it matches the principles of the curriculum, a research project was conducted amongst EFL teachers at the lower secondary school level. A brief theoretical background to the topic is given and Estonian EFL teachers' beliefs about professional teaching based on the findings of the survey are described. The study identifies that, although generally EFL teachers' beliefs about professional teaching are in concordance with the principles contained in the new curriculum, there are aspects that should be addressed by both pre- and in-service education teacher programmes. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10