Teacher Cultures: In Search of Their Contents and Forms

Autor/inn/en	Hongboontri, Chantarath; Liao, Yiting
Titel	Teacher Cultures: In Search of Their Contents and Forms
Quelle	In: LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 14 (2021) 2, S.529-573 (45 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2630-0672
Schlagwörter	Cultural Influences; International Schools; Teaching Methods; Teacher Attitudes; Collegiality; Individualism; Professionalism; Self Concept; Foreign Countries; Teacher Collaboration; Peer Relationship; Peace; Kindergarten; Elementary Secondary Education; Language Teachers; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Work Environment; Work Attitudes; Teacher Characteristics; Cultural Differences; Thailand (Bangkok) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; International school; Internationale Schule; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerverhalten; Kollegialität; Individualismus; Professionalität; Selbstkonzept; Ausland; Lehrerkooperation; Peer-Beziehungen; Frieden; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Arbeitsmilieu; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Kultureller Unterschied
Abstract	This mixed-methods study aims to explore the patterns of teacher and their effects on teachers' lives and work. To do so, the researchers went into one international school in Thailand and requested participation from 25 foreign language (FL) teachers. All the participants completed and returned a questionnaire and participated in one-on-one interviews and observations. Calculation of the questionnaires with SPSS (version 20) demonstrated the participants' high favoritism of teachers' collegial relations. Nevertheless, the researchers' analysis of their descriptive data with open and axial coding techniques opposed the numeric data and strongly supported the existence of balkanization, individualism, and contrived collegiality among these participants. The findings of the present study challenge (FL and other subject disciplines) teachers to consider the focus and the depth of teacher cultures. More importantly, they urge teachers, school administrators, and policy makers to anticipate the growing effects of teacher cultures on teachers' sense of professionalism related to their lives and work. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Language Institute of Thammasat University. The Prachan Campus, 2 Prachan Road, Bangkok 10200 Thailand. e-mail: learnjournal@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/learn
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01