Developing and Validating a Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) Questionnaire for Iranian EFL Teacher Education Programs: A Glocal Approach

Mehrbakhsh, Abbas; Abbasian, Gholam-Reza; Mohammadi, Mojtaba

doi:10.22049/jalda.2024.29257.1638

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

¹ Ph.D. Candidate in ELT, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

² Associate Professor of TEFL, English Language Department, Imam Ali University, Tehran, Iran

³ Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics, Department of English Language Teaching, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2024.29257.1638

Abstract

Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) is both decisive—as it helps to formulate and present subject matters—and glocally relative as it is prone to the specificity of curricula of varying socio-cultural contexts. This study developed and validated a PCK questionnaire by focusing on data obtained from Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher-education programs. PCK questionnaire items were extracted out of an in-depth literature review (globally) and interviews with 80 student-teachers (locally) and 120 student-teachers attending the pilot phase. Then, 180 other student-teachers completed a glocalized Likert-scale PCK questionnaire. Next, the final questionnaire, which was supposed to accommodate glocal aspects and subjected to both expert judgments as well psychometric measures like reliability estimation and factor analyses, enjoyed acceptable reliability index and validity measures including those of content and construct validity. The valid measure characterized as a 39-item is ultimately represented by nine factors including: Teaching Language Skills, Language Teaching Strategies, Classroom Management, Curriculum Designing and Materials Development, Assessment Literacy and Abilities, Course book Evaluation, Language Teachers' Technological Knowledge, Language Teachers' Professional Development, and Internship effect on Practical Teaching. The results underscore the significance of PCK in shaping effective teaching practices and provides the scholars with both instruments and context-sensitive practical model of EFL program evaluation.

Keywords

Main Subjects

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)

Article Title [Persian]

ساخت و اعتبارسنجی پرسشنامه دانش محتوای آموزشی (PCK) برای برنامه‌های آموزش معلمان زبان انگلیسی ایرانی: رویکردی جهانی/ بومی

Authors [Persian]

عباس مهربخش ¹
دکتر غلامرضا عباسیان ²
دکتر مجتبی محمدی ³

¹ دانشجوی دکتری آموزش زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تهران غرب، تهران، ایران

² دانشیار آموزش زبان انگلیسی ، گروه زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه امام علی، تهران، ایران

³ استادیار زبانشناسی کاربردی، گروه زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تهران غرب، تهران، ایران

Abstract [Persian]

دانش محتوای آموزشی از دو منظر تعیین کننده است: اولا به قالب بندی و ارائه موضوعات درسی کمک میکند و ثانیا از نظر جهانی-بومی مفهومی نسبی است، که نسبت به گنجاندن ویژگیهای برنامه های درسی اجتماعی-فرهنگی-مدار متفاوت منعطف است. بر این اساس در این پژوهش تلاش شده است تا پرسشنامه سنجش چنین دانشی تهیه و اعتبار سنجی شود. گویه های پرسشنامه با بررسی پیشینه تحقیقات جهانی و مصاحبه با 80 دانشجو-معلم (بومی) و 120 دانشجو-معلم شرکتکننده در مرحله آزمایشی استخراج شد. سپس، 180 دانشجو-معلم دیگر پرسشنامه مقیاس لیکرت آزمایششده را پاسخ دادند. سپس، پرسشنامه نهایی استوار بر معیارهای جهانی-بومی و قضاوت متخصصان و معیارهای روان‌سنجی از نظر پایایی و روایی به واسطه تحلیل عاملی بررسی شد. معیار اعتبارسنجی شده شامل 39 شاخص بوده که نهایتا در قالب 9 عامل ارائه شد که عبارتند از: آموزش مهارت‌های زبان، راهبردهای تدریس زبان، مدیریت کلاس درس، طراحی برنامه درسی و تهیه مواد آموزشی، سواد و توانایی‌های ارزیابی، ارزشیابی کتاب درسی، دانش فنی معلمان زبان، رشد حرفهای معلمان و تأثیر کارآموزی بر تدریس عملی. این مطالعه منتج به ارایه بینش و چشم انداز مهمی حول محور آموزش معلمان زبان انگلیسی شده است و پرسشنامه تدوین و اعتبارسنجی شده را میتوان به عنوان ابزاری پایا و روا برای ارزیابی برنامههای تربیت معلمان زبان انگلیسی ایرانی البته با رویکرد جهانی-بومی در زمینه های مختلف تدریس زبان انگلیسی تلقی نمود.

Keywords [Persian]

بافت آموزش زبان انگلیسی در ایران
دانش محتوای آموزشی
دانشجو معلمان
برنامه تربیت معلم

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Volume 12, Issue 2 - Serial Number 24
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Developing and Validating a Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) Questionnaire for Iranian EFL Teacher Education Programs: A Glocal Approach

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Volume 12, Issue 2 - Serial Number 24October 2024Pages 195-220

Volume 12, Issue 2 - Serial Number 24
October 2024
Pages 195-220