Second-Language Teachers' Moral Knowledge Base: A Comparison between Experienced and Less Experienced, Male and Female Practitioners

Autor/inn/en	Akbari, Ramin; Tajik, Leila
Titel	Second-Language Teachers' Moral Knowledge Base: A Comparison between Experienced and Less Experienced, Male and Female Practitioners
Quelle	In: Journal of Moral Education, 41 (2012) 1, S.39-59 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7240
DOI	10.1080/03057240.2011.630384
Schlagwörter	Student Problems; Moral Values; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Language Teachers; English (Second Language); Teaching Experience; Recall (Psychology); Knowledge Base for Teaching; Teaching Methods; Gender Differences; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienproblem; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Abberufung; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	The second-language teacher education community has become increasingly interested in the moral dimensions of teaching. Herein ELT practitioners' "moral knowledge base", as a window into their mental lives, has not received the attention it deserves. The present study was conducted to document likely differences between the frequencies of pedagogical and moral thought units of male and female, experienced and less experienced teachers, and to look deeply into participants' moral thought categories. Forty teachers participated in the project. Data were collected through the use of stimulated recall protocol. The analyses of the data show that there are differences in the number of pedagogical and moral thoughts teachers recall. As to teachers' moral knowledge base, seven moral categories emerged with "Teachers as Moral Agents" being the most frequently recalled category. Gender and experience were found to affect the order and the frequency of the thought categories teachers produced in different groups. The top thought categories for experienced and less experienced, female and male teachers were identified to be Student Problem, Teachers as Moral Agents, Student Problem and Student Manner respectively. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10