Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Effective EFL Teachers
Year: 2017
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Teacher preparation is important as the component of \nteachers’ ongoing learning and development. Well-designed \nteacher preparation can also be a powerful vehicle for \npreparing the next generation of teachers to implement new \ncurriculum and innovative teaching methods. The rationale for \nthis quantitative study was to explore stakeholders’ perceptions \nof effective EFL teachers in the EFL pre-service education \nprogram at Mahasarakham University, Thailand. The \nquestionnaires were completed by stakeholders (472 students, \n34 EFL pre-service teachers and 70 school administrators). \nThe results of this study showed that the top three categories \nof EFL effective teachers, according to the students, were: \n(1) EFL teachers’ knowledge (2) teacher-student relationship \nin effective EFL teachers, and (3) attributes of EFL teachers. \nThe top three categories of EFL effective teachers, according \nto the EFL pre-service teachers were: (1) EFL teachers’ \nprofessional attributes (2) EFL teachers’ pedagogical \napproaches, and (3) characteristics of good EFL teachers. The \ntop three categories of EFL effective teachers, according to the \nschool administrators, were: (1) EFL teachers’ professional \nattributes (2) EFL teachers’ interpersonal skills, and (3) EFL teachers’ pedagogical approaches. The information gleaned here will be used to revise the EFL pre-service teacher education program.
Author: Thooptong Kwangsawad
Institution: Mahasarakham University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2790936448