Effects of Fieldwork Experience on Empowering Prospective Foreign Language Teachers

Autor/in	Chiang, Min-Hsun
Titel	Effects of Fieldwork Experience on Empowering Prospective Foreign Language Teachers
Quelle	In: Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 24 (2008) 5, S.1270-1287 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-051X
DOI	10.1016/j.tate.2007.05.004
Schlagwörter	Teacher Effectiveness; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Field Experience Programs; Foreign Countries; Language Teachers; Teacher Educators; Empowerment; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Teacher Education; Lecture Method; Reflective Teaching; Self Efficacy; Statistical Analysis; Qualitative Research; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Praxisnahes Lernen; Ausland; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Statistische Analyse; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	Teacher educators may have different views on what constitutes knowledge base for teacher education. Most of them, however, would agree that field experiences are indispensable for shaping and maintaining high-quality teachers. Unlike teacher training courses in the UK and US, fieldwork components are not always an option in Taiwan. This study, therefore, investigated the effects of a language teacher training course that integrated fieldwork components with traditional lectures. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 13 participants. Results indicate that field-based components help prospective foreign language teachers to become reflective of their weaknesses and strengths and enhance their teacher efficacy. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10