The Role of Experience in EFL Teachers' Satisfaction of the In-service Teacher Education Programs

Abbasi, Naser; Khosrowshahi, Simin Navahi

doi:10.22049/jalda.2018.26256.1071

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

¹ Ph.D. Candidate of Applied Linguistics, Department of English, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch, Zanjan, Iran.

² M.A. in TEFL, Department of English, Islamic Azad University, Maragheh Branch, Maragheh, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26256.1071

Abstract

The short-term in-service EFL teacher education programs are assumed to be of crucial importance in upgrading teachers' methodologies and gearing their teaching more closely to the students' needs. Therefore, a dynamic in-service program for EFL teachers is needed to keep abreast of the time.The present study aims to investigate the role of experience in EFL teachers' satisfaction of the in-service teacher education programs in Zanjan city. 200 EFL teachers from Zanjan province (1 &2 districts) were participated in this study.The data collected through the Course-evaluation questionnaire with “five-level Likert scale”. The results were analyzed through both descriptive and inferential statistics.The findings showed that There is a significant difference between teachers’ experience and their satisfaction of in-service programs.Thus novice teachers and experienced teachers have different expectation of the in-service teacher education programs.This production of significant difference about the relationship between the EFL teachers' experience and their satisfaction of the in-service teacher education programs can be contributed to different perceptions of the teachers on the relationship between the EFL teachers' experience and their satisfaction of the in-service teacher education programs

Keywords

20.1001.1.2383591.2018.6.1.8.8

Main Subjects

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)

Article Title [Persian]

نقش تجارب معلمان زبان انگلیسی در میزان رضایتمندی آنان از دوره های آموزش ضمن خدمت

Abstract [Persian]

برنامه های آموزش ضمن خدمت معلمان زبان انگلیسی در تقویت روش های تدریس و هدایت تدریس آنها به سمت برآوره سازی هر چه بیشتر نیازهای دانش آموزان اهمیت بسزایی دارد. بنابراین، با گذشت زمان نیاز به یک برنامه پویای آموزش ضمن خدمت احساس میشود. مقاله حاضر میکوشد نقش سابقه و تجربه معلمان زبان انگلیسی را در رضایتمندی آنان از دوره های آموزش ضمن خدمت شهر زنجان بررسی نماید.تعداد 200 معلم زبان از نواحی 1 و 2 شهر زنجان در این تحقیق مشارکت داشتند. دادهها از طریق پرسشنامه ارزیابی دوره که از طریق مقیاس 5 سطحی لیکرت بود، جمع آوری گردید.نتایج از طریق آمارهای توصیفی و استنباطی مورد تجزیه و تحلیل قرار گرفتند.یافته ها حاکی از آن بود که تفاوت معناداری بین تجارب معلمان و میزان رضایتمندی آنان از دورههای ضمن خدمت وجود دارد.بنابراین معلمان تازه کار و با سابقه انتظارات متفاوتی از دوره های ضمن خدمت معلمان دارند.

Keywords [Persian]

آموزش ضمن خدمت
آموزش پیش از خدمت
آموزش معلم
تربیت معلم
و تجربه

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The Role of Experience in EFL Teachers' Satisfaction of the In-service Teacher Education Programs

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Volume 6, Issue 1March 2018Pages 77-89

Volume 6, Issue 1
March 2018
Pages 77-89