scholarly journals Exploring Primary ESL Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices: A Case Study

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Esl Teachers ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Teachers Beliefs

Exploring an ESL teachers’ beliefs and practices of teaching literary texts: A case study in Hong Kong

2020 ◽  
pp. 136216882093344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anisa Cheung ◽  
Mairin Hennebry-Leung
Keyword(s):  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Teacher Cognition ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Esl Teachers ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Teacher's Beliefs ◽  
Academic Year

Although much has been written about the relationship between teachers’ beliefs and practices, research examining the role of emotions in the realm of teacher cognition remains limited. This article presents a case study investigating one English as a second language (ESL) teacher’s beliefs and practices about teaching literary texts, drawing on Zembylas’ three levels of teacher emotions (2002, 2005), i.e. intrapersonal, interpersonal and intergroup, as the conceptual framework. The ESL teacher’s beliefs and practices were investigated via open-ended interviews and lesson observations that explored her perceptions of teaching literary texts throughout one academic year. The findings point to the complexity of teacher practices which may converge or diverge with their beliefs. Various contextual factors were found to contribute to this complexity. The results highlight the need to situate the emotions of teachers beyond contextual factors and consider the dynamic nature of teacher cognition. The practical value of the study lies in its extension of the role of emotions in mediating teacher cognition.

scholarly journals Teachers' Beliefs and Practices Regarding Young Children's Leadership: A Comparison Between New Zealand and Honduras

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Maria Auxiliadora Cerrato Corrales
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Capital Cities ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Teachers Beliefs

<p>The main purpose of this comparative study was to explore how teachers of four to five year old children in New Zealand and Honduras translate their beliefs regarding children’s leadership into practice. This study has the potential to increase our understanding of beliefs and practices that will assist teachers in supporting children’s leadership. The study used a comparative case-study design in order to look at similarities and differences between the two cases, focusing on two early childhood centres from low socio-economic areas in the capital cities of each country. Two teachers from each centre were asked to be participants in the study. Data was gathered through semi-structured interviews, participant observations, and documentation. The findings suggest that both New Zealand and Honduran teachers translate their beliefs regarding children’s leadership into practice. However, the findings showed significant differences between New Zealand teachers’ child-directed and Honduran teachers’ teacher-directed beliefs and practices. The teachers in the New Zealand settings encourage leadership by empowering the children to deliberately take a leadership role, while the teachers in the Honduran settings encourage leadership by allocating opportunities for the children to take a leadership role. In addition, the teachers in New Zealand highlighted their belief and practice concerning children sharing leadership, while the concept of sharing leadership was not emphasized by the Honduran teachers. This study suggests the importance of teachers reflecting on their beliefs regarding children’s leadership and how these guide their teaching practice in order to support children’s leadership.</p>

scholarly journals Vocational High School Teachers' Beliefs on Teaching Speaking Skills in English as a Foreign Language

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-346
Author(s):  
Khairunnisa Khairunnisa ◽  
Dadang Sudana ◽  
Rojab Siti Rodliyah
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
English Speaking

Before improving and developing the best method for teaching speaking in vocational schools, teachers' beliefs and beliefs should be unpacked to know how far the understanding of them. This article presents a case study that examined vocational school teachers' beliefs and practices to do teach as a foreign language, especially speaking comprehension. Based on the case study, four teachers were asked to fill the questionnaire to get the information about their beliefs; forty students were confirming the practices of those beliefs in the classroom through questionnaires. Findings unfolded English teachers' views related to their roles, the students' positions, the effective English speaking teaching, the language used in the classroom, and the goals of teaching speaking. Based on the students' statement, the convergence of educators' beliefs to practices arrived at half of the teachers. The study results give teachers implications for constructing valid thoughts and provides an overview for stakeholders to decide an efficient teaching strategy.

Teacher's Ontological and Epistemological Beliefs

2020 ◽  
pp. 135-163
Author(s):  
Mary Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Epistemological Beliefs ◽  
International Baccalaureate ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Experienced Teachers ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Middle Years Program ◽  
Interpretive Paradigm ◽  
Teachers Beliefs

This chapter involves a discussion of a case study to explore teachers' beliefs on the nature of reality (ontology) and knowledge (epistemology) within an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program at the International School of Amsterdam. The study is positioned within the constructivist-interpretive paradigm and allows for the emergence of a holistic and contextualized understanding of teachers' beliefs and practices. The chapter includes reflection on the author's ontology and epistemology and its impact on the research undertaking. The study is an attempt to understand whether teachers' beliefs impact their approaches to teaching within this inquiry-based environment. Comprehensive teacher profiles were generated for three participants, all experienced teachers, who teach Science, English Literature, and Spanish. The findings indicate that the participants' approaches to teaching resonate strongly with their ontological and epistemological beliefs. The chapter also includes consideration of the role that scholarship played in the generation of the teacher profiles.

scholarly journals Influencing pre-service teachers’ beliefs and practices: a case for an experimental teaching experience.

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sibo Kanobana ◽  
Bart Deygers
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Teaching Beliefs ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Experimental Teaching ◽  
Teachers Beliefs

Previous research has indicated that experience is a more effective tool than theory in changing the teaching beliefs of prospective teachers. This qualitative case study includes the perspectives of stakeholders of a teacher training programme in order to determine the influence of its practical components on pre-service teachers' beliefs and practices. The qualitative study corroborates the findings of earlier studies that showed the limited impact of theoretical knowledge, but also shows that even a comparatively limited experiential component can have a substantial influence on pre-service teachers' beliefs and practices. Additionally, the study includes a number of implications for teacher training curricula.

scholarly journals Consistencies and Inconsistencies Between Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Tamimy
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Private Language ◽  
Educational Management ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Constant Comparative Method ◽  
Efl Teachers

This instrumental-comparative qualitative case study attempts to investigate the relations between teachers’ beliefs and classroom practices. For this purpose, five Iranian EFL teachers from three private language institutes were interviewed for their beliefs. Then, their classroom practices were observed and videotaped. The data were analyzed using the constant comparative method around common categories, which were identified as distinctive features of teachers’ beliefs; these same themes were then compared with their practices. The data for each case were also compared with the others so that possible causes of the inconsistencies could be traced. Based on the causes, some suggestions for teacher education and educational management are made.

scholarly journals A TEACHER’S BELIEFS ON THE INTEGRATION OF VIDEO TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING SPEAKING: A CASE STUDY

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adin Fauzi ◽  
Desy Damayanti ◽  
Takdir Ilahi
Keyword(s):  
Technology Integration ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Video Technology ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Technology In Teaching ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Strongly Connected ◽  
Teacher's Beliefs

This study investigates the teacher’s beliefs on video technology integration in ELT. A case study was employed as the research design to produce an in-depth description of video technology integration that is rich and holistic. An English teacher was purposefully selected as the research subject of the study. The results of the study indicate that the teacher’s beliefs about English, teaching and learning, and video technology are strongly connected with teaching practices. Moreover, the findings show that there is no any discrepancy between beliefs and practices. This study attempts to contribute to the literature on the study of the teachers’ beliefs that underlie teaching practices. Teachers should understand their own beliefs to promote effective teaching practices.

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