scholarly journals Approaches to Evaluation: in Pursuit of Appropriacy For EFL Pre-Service Teacher Training Programs in Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Didin Nuruddin Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Effective Teacher ◽  
Evaluation Approach ◽  
Social Agenda ◽  
Efl Teacher ◽  
Teacher Training Programs ◽  
Efficient Program ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

Evaluation has the potential to support the improvement of education as well as its specific programs, products, and materials. Also, evaluation can uncover the relevance, effectiveness, and efficiency of an education program.  Another potential role of evaluation is that it can identify areas for improvement, which further can help develop a more efficient program in the future. The present study seeks to investigate the most appropriate approach to evaluation for the EFL pre-service teacher training programs in Indonesia. Numerous potential approaches were identified and discussed: Pseudoevaluations, Questions Methods-Oriented, Improvement Accountability, and Social Agenda/Advocacy. The present study argues that the Improvement/Accountability Approaches are the most suitable evaluation approach to apply to the pre-service EFL teacher training programs in Indonesia, due to its strength in the philosophical stance that fits with the Indonesian context. Also, the purpose of the evaluation and the various types of informants offer by the approach add to the appropriacy. The study may provide significant contributions to better design more effective teacher training programs, which will lead to producing more qualified graduates

scholarly journals Organized Hypocrisy in EFL Teacher Training Programs

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 437-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Karim ◽  
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Abdul Rashid Mohamed ◽  
Shaik Abdul Malik Mohamed Ismail ◽  
Mohammad Mosiur Rahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Efl Teacher ◽  
Teacher Training Programs

scholarly journals EXPLORING THE PRACTICES OF PEACE EDUCATION IN TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS AT HIGHER EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sufi Amin , Muhammad Kamran, Atif Altaf
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Peace Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Teacher Training Programs ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

This study was designed for introducing peace education in pre-service teachers training programs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Peace education is more effective and significant, when implemented according to the social and cultural perspective and the requirements of a country. It should develop the cultural and spiritual principles together with the world-wide human principles. The objectives of the present study were to find out the current practices of peace education and to determine the need of peace education in pre-service teacher training programs. Quantitative approach was used in this study. The research design of this study was survey and descriptive. Descriptive and survey research design is a technique in which huge data of quantitative and qualitative nature both were collected and analysed. The population of the study was comprised of all teacher educators and prospective teachers of Institute of educational research and department of education in all public sector universities in KP. And sample of the study consisted of 278 teacher educators and prospective teachers of Institute of educational research and department of education in all public sector universities in KP. For this research study for data collection self-structured questionnaire was used. The research tools cover all the aspects of peace education with relevant for pre-service teachers education. Research tool was properly validated from the experts of Peace education. First questionnaire was consisted 35 items after validation it decreases to 20 statements. All the statements related to peace education in pre-service teacher training programs. While the reliability of the questionnaire was insured through test retest method. Research personally visited all the selected institutes and collected the data. Hence, it was quantitative study by nature. So, data was analysed through SPSS (Version, 20). Both descriptive and inferential statistic for example percentage and frequencies was used in the interpretation of the data. The data were presented.  

Post-method Pedagogy in Moroccan EFL Classrooms: Public High Schools in Meknes City as a Case

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-93
Author(s):  
Mohamed Aymane Sbai
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Classroom Research ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Teacher Training Programs ◽  
Conventional Methods ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

The ultimate goal of this paper is to investigate the pedagogical views and attitudes of Moroccan high school teachers towards Method-based pedagogy. It attempts to investigate the extent to which teachers are satisfied with and committed to conventional methods. Also, the paper aims at investigating the alternative practices teachers are more likely to resort to in order to compensate for the limitations of conventional methods. In addition to this, a further objective of this study is to investigate the extent to which pre-service teacher training programs in Morocco are aware of the challenges of the post-method era. This is measured through their awareness of the requirements of the post-method era and the extent to which teacher trainers concern themselves with equipping the prospective teachers with the necessary skills to be reflective researchers and responsibly eclectic teachers. In this respect, the data collection instruments opted for in the present study ranged from quantitative to qualitative in nature. The findings reveal that the vast majority of Moroccan high school teachers (P=78%) are dissatisfied with conventional methods and - (P=96%) of them- are not committed to one or two teaching methods. The vast majority report that they resort to an eclectic approach to language teaching due to the impracticality and inflexibility of the established methods. Most teachers (P=80%) admit that they use a random eclecticism as they rely mainly on their intuitive rather than principled judgments. In this regard, interviews with teacher trainers and supervisors also reveal that pre-service teacher training programs in Morocco limit themselves only to training the prospective teachers to use methods and approaches without training them to be responsibly eclectic. The findings also show that the majority of teachers do, to some extent, know about classroom research; however, they - (P=72%) of them- have never conducted it inside their classrooms. The teachers (P=57%) attribute this to the lack of financial support and to the fact that they are not well-trained to conduct research inside their classrooms. Finally, the results of this study imply many suggestions of which we mention: the introduction of a post-method pedagogy in the Moroccan pre-service teacher training programs, equipping teachers with the methodological tools necessary as well as supporting them financially to conduct classroom-research for the purpose of constructing teaching methodologies that suit the needs to the very specific students and contexts within which they work.

scholarly journals Pre-service Teacher Training Programs in the Philippines: The Student-teachers Practicum Teaching Experience

EFL Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Bedoya Ulla
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Private University ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Teacher Training Programs ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

Pre-service teacher training is one of the most important aspects of every teacher’s education curriculum as it prepares student-teachers to become qualified teachers in the future. This paper explored the pre-service teacher training programs in the Philippines through the practicum experience of the 21 junior and senior BSEd and BA English student-teachers from a private university in Mindanao, Philippines. Data were taken from classroom observations, group interview, and modified questionnaire. The findings revealed that there was a different standard policy of pre-service teacher training programs for BSEd and BA English. While BSEd-English concentrated on developing professional teachers for secondary schools, BA-English focused on developing not just teachers but professionals with exceptional communication skills. The student-teachers also reported some challenges in practicum teaching; classroom management, teaching confidence, and lack of teaching resources. Some solutions to overcome the challenges were suggested.

scholarly journals Peace Education Practices in Pre-Service Teacher Training Programs: and Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (25) ◽  
pp. 323
Author(s):  
Sufi Amin ◽  
N. B. Jummani ◽  
Sheikh Tariq Mahmood ◽  
Khan Raziq ◽  
Muhammad Ayoob Khan Babar
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Peace Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Teacher Training Programs ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

This study was designed to investigate peace education in pre-service teacher training programs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The objectives of the present study to find out :( a) to examine prevailing practices of peace education in pre-service teacher training programs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. (b) To evaluate the views of teacher Educators regarding the need of peace education in pre-service teacher training programs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. (c) To suggest way of integrating peace education in pre-service teacher training programs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. Using Survey method the data were collected through questionnaire from 245 teachers using simple random technique. A questionnaire was developed to investigate the opinions of the participants of the study. The data was analyzed by using the mean score, frequency and percentage.

scholarly journals In-service teacher attitudes toward the use of the mother tongue in Norwegian EFL classrooms

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-88
Author(s):  
Georgios Neokleous ◽  
Ingunn Ofte
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Teacher Attitudes ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Efl Teacher ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Teacher Training Programs

Because of the lack of research on the use of the mother tongue (MT) in the English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom in European contexts, and because the topic is rarely discussed in teacher training programs, teachers often assume that students prefer an environment that makes little to no use of their MT. What complicates matters further is that while policy makers suggest maximal use of the target language (TL), European curricula for English as a subject do not contain any direct statements prescribing English as the sole language of instruction. Thus, EFL teachers who share an MT with their students often wonder to what extent and in what contexts they should employ the TL and MT.  Observing four Norwegian EFL teachers in primary and lower secondary school over several lessons, this study attempts to unravel teacher attitudes towards MT use in the EFL classroom by presenting interview findings for the first time in a Norwegian setting. Additionally, the study explores whether the lack of clear guidance in the Norwegian curriculum for the subject of English regarding the use of the MT may add to the confusion among Norwegian EFL teachers as to how, when, and if the MT should be used. The results suggest that despite acknowledging the potential of the MT in the classroom, the four participants also felt guilty about its presence in their classrooms, particularly since their reported behaviours did not reflect their actual behaviours. In light of these findings, this paper suggests future research to shed light on what ratio would qualify as judicious MT use. It also highlights the importance of discussing the use of MT in EFL teacher training programs.

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