Connecting staff development to teacher improvement : a case study of an in-service teacher education program for english teachers

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Şahin, İclal
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The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of a staff development program designed through the cascade-training model by the MoNE on primary school English teachers and their actual classroom practices. In line with this, it aimed to establish a connection between aspects of planning, implementation, and evaluation of staff development and their impact on teachers and students. A qualitative case study was employed and data were collected from 10 teachers, eight teacher trainers, and three faculty members through semi-structured interviews. Moreover, 23-hour seminar and 50-hour classroom observations were conducted, and the documents related to the seminar and actual classroom practices of the teachers were analyzed to complement the interview findings. The results indicated that the effective practices (e.g., use of participant-centered approaches, English as the medium of instruction, practical ideas and suggestions and course book based activities) and ineffective practices (e.g., lack of needs assessment, traditional way of session delivery, and lack of follow-up) employed in the planning, implementation and evaluation phases of staff development had an impact on teachers' (1) pedagogical beliefs, (2) pedagogical content knowledge, (3) actual classroom practices, (4) personal and professional growth, and (5) students. The findings further revealed that these five levels of impact interacted with each other based on the characteristics of the teachers (teaching experience and gender), their motivation, self-concepts, and the teacher education programs they attended.
Teachers, Teachers, Educational psychology ., English language, Attitude (Psychology)., Teaching
http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615129/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/21911
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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İ. Şahin, “Connecting staff development to teacher improvement : a case study of an in-service teacher education program for english teachers,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2012.
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