| The Professional Development of In-Service EFL Teachers through Guided Academic Discussions |
| کد مقاله : 1048-ELTCONF5-FULL (R1) |
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پرویز احمدی * دانشگاه فرهنگیان سنندج. گروه زبان و ادبیات |
| چکیده مقاله |
| This study objective of the study is to examine how much participant teacher’s engagement in collegial discussions is likely to influence their professional identity or even identity transition, if any. This objective may also include how they identify their professional self before being initiated into socialization practices. It investigated how four EFL teachers engaged in a series of academic and professional discussions guided by a supervisor of an English Language Center over two subsequent semesters and how the collegial interactions nurtured their professional teaching knowledge and identity. The primary research tools used in this qualitative collective case study were individual interviews and group discussions. The interviews and group discussions were audio-recorded and transcribed in verbatim and then the data were analyzed for any theme emerging from the interviews or discussions. The engagement of the participant teachers in academic discourse socialization made them reconsider their pedagogical beliefs and practices. More importantly, the participants reconstructed and developed a relative expert identity as well as a critical identity over the status quo of their current EFL context. Several implications for professional development of EFL teachers were proposed. |
| کلیدواژه ها |
| professional identity, collegial discussions, in-service EFL teachers |
| وضعیت: پذیرفته شده برای ارائه شفاهی |