Examining EFL teachers’ changing conceptions of research: A case study of a continuing professional development program in mainland China
Drawing on teacher interviews, written teacher reflections, teacher research proposals, and research papers, this study explored the outcome and process of teacher learning during their participation in a continuing professional development program. It has been found that the teachers changed their...
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| description | Drawing on teacher interviews, written teacher reflections, teacher research proposals, and research papers, this study explored the outcome and process of teacher learning during their participation in a continuing professional development program. It has been found that the teachers changed their conceptions of research over the course of learning concerning the nature, purpose, and process of research and the relationship between teaching and research. Dialogic exchanges and reading research papers, along with the scaffolding of the teacher educator, enabled the teachers to validate their practices, link others’ perspectives up to their own, and re-situate research in light of their current practices. The findings provide insights into the nature of teachers’ conceptual change and how learning opportunities can be better built into continuing professional development programs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-305ac7c04764406997a04c599d61e55f2022-12-22T01:47:45ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-09-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.933061933061Examining EFL teachers’ changing conceptions of research: A case study of a continuing professional development program in mainland ChinaYan Kang0Luxin Yang1English Education Department, College of Foreign Languages, Capital Normal University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of English and International Studies, The National Research Centre for Foreign Language Teaching Materials, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, ChinaDrawing on teacher interviews, written teacher reflections, teacher research proposals, and research papers, this study explored the outcome and process of teacher learning during their participation in a continuing professional development program. It has been found that the teachers changed their conceptions of research over the course of learning concerning the nature, purpose, and process of research and the relationship between teaching and research. Dialogic exchanges and reading research papers, along with the scaffolding of the teacher educator, enabled the teachers to validate their practices, link others’ perspectives up to their own, and re-situate research in light of their current practices. The findings provide insights into the nature of teachers’ conceptual change and how learning opportunities can be better built into continuing professional development programs.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.933061/fullcontinuing professional developmentconceptions of researchteacher changeEFL teachersteaching and research |
| spellingShingle | Yan Kang Luxin Yang Examining EFL teachers’ changing conceptions of research: A case study of a continuing professional development program in mainland China Frontiers in Psychology continuing professional development conceptions of research teacher change EFL teachers teaching and research |
| title | Examining EFL teachers’ changing conceptions of research: A case study of a continuing professional development program in mainland China |
| title_full | Examining EFL teachers’ changing conceptions of research: A case study of a continuing professional development program in mainland China |
| title_fullStr | Examining EFL teachers’ changing conceptions of research: A case study of a continuing professional development program in mainland China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examining EFL teachers’ changing conceptions of research: A case study of a continuing professional development program in mainland China |
| title_short | Examining EFL teachers’ changing conceptions of research: A case study of a continuing professional development program in mainland China |
| title_sort | examining efl teachers changing conceptions of research a case study of a continuing professional development program in mainland china |
| topic | continuing professional development conceptions of research teacher change EFL teachers teaching and research |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.933061/full |
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