The Impact of Teaching Experience on Iranian EFL Teachers' Sense of Efficacy and their Perception of English Teacher Distinctive Characteristics

被引:4
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作者
Afshar, Hassan Soodmand [1 ]
Rahimi, Ali [2 ]
Ghonchehpour, Azam [3 ]
Saedpanah, Elahe [3 ]
机构
[1] Bu Ali Sina Univ, TEFL, Hamadan, Iran
[2] Univ Bangkok, Appl Linguist, Bangkok, Thailand
[3] Bu Alisinauniv, TEFL, Hamadan, Iran
关键词
Years of teaching experience; Teachers' sense of efficacy; English teachers' distinctive characteristics; FOREIGN-LANGUAGE TEACHERS; ATTITUDES;
D O I
10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.06.069
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
This study investigated the effect of Iranian EFL teachers' years of teaching experience on their sense of efficacy and beliefs about teachers' distinctive characteristics. To this end, 135 Iranian EFL teachers completed a validated questionnaire developed by (Borg, 2006) and Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale developed by (Tschannen and Hoy, 2001). The results of MANOVA revealed significant effect of experience on teachers' sense of efficacy; however, it indicated no significant impact on their beliefs about characteristics that differentiated them from teachers of other subjects. Three sets of characteristics were discovered through interview; "Similarities" (also reported in Borg's study); "Differences" mentioned differently by participants of both studies, and "unique characteristics" only specified by Iranian teachers. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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页码:714 / 719
页数:6
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