The impact of an explicit, multisensory, phonics intervention programme on the professional development of the English foreign language teacher
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Roffman, Naomi
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Anglia Ruskin University
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2012
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
Thesis (Ph.D.)
امتياز متن
2012
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
The purpose of the research was to assess the impact of the process of professional development of English foreign language teachers in Israel who participated in the Explicit Multisensory Phonics Intervention Programme. Previous research focused on changes in knowledge, practices, student attainment, and beliefs. Changes from negative to positive self efficacy were not examined, and a model for the professional development of the English foreign language teacher did not exist. The conceptual framework is based on an integration of the concept of self efficacy with theories of professional development and literacy acquisition. Literacy acquisition is based on the knowledge and practice components of the process of professional development in this research. The process of professional development is set in motion by a sense of negative self efficacy. The attainment of content knowledge is followed by a change of practices and thereafter improved student attainment, leading to changes in teachers' beliefs and positive self efficacy. The research questions seek to clarify teachers' incentives for joining the programme, their standard of content knowledge and perceptions of the impact of the process of professional development. A mixed methods approach was used. The content knowledge of teachers was tested with a pre and post test. A questionnaire about the process of professional development was sent to teachers who had participated in the programme since 1991. Several unstructured interviews were held. Results showed that the teachers' sense of negative self efficacy and failure in the field initiated their need for professional development. The impact of the process of professional development was: increased knowledge, changed practices and beliefs, claimed student attainment and positive self efficacy. The research contributes to knowledge by empirically supporting a theoretically based model for the impact of the process of professional development of English foreign language teachers. Positive and negative self efficacy are key factors in the process of professional development and knowledge is the basis of this process. These conclusions have practical applications for teacher training.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
process of professional development ; self-efficacy ; knowledge ; literacy acquisition in EFL ; learner for life
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