High School EFL Teachers’ Continuous Professional Development: Target Needs, Reflection and Challenges

ELTALL Pub Date : 2023-03-10 DOI:10.21154/eltall.v4i01.4941
Mulualem Eshete Mekie
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This research investigated the high school EFL teachers’ continuous professional development target needs, reflection and challenges. Further, the target needs of the EFL teachers were analyzed by adapting Hutchinson and Waters’ model (1987). The data were collected using a test, questionnaire (consisted of five parts), and interview; these were administered to 20 high school EFL teachers. A test was administered to identify EFL teachers' present situation and difficulties, and questionnaire parts 1, 2 and 4 dealt with the EFL teachers' difficulties, needs and purposes in the program. Moreover, these were used to identify EFL teachers’ target needs centered on their lacks, necessities, and wants to function in the target situation effectively. Parts 3 and 5 concerned high school EFL teachers' reflection and challenges in the professional development program they are involved in.Additionally, interviews were conducted with the high school EFL teachers to gather data to examine in-depth results of the target needs, reflections and challenges. The results suggested that the high school EFL teachers have different views of their lacks, wants and necessities. The findings also demonstrated that the high school EFL teachers reflected that the current professional development program practicing in their school was never conducted to help EFL teachers develop their profession. Finally, the result revealed that high school EFL teachers face various challenges in the current program they are taking. Therefore, the professional development should be revised according to EFL teachers’ target needs, reflections and challenges.
高中英语教师持续专业发展:目标需求、反思与挑战
本研究调查了高中英语教师持续专业发展的目标需求、反思和挑战。进一步,采用Hutchinson和Waters(1987)的模型分析了外语教师的目标需求。数据收集采用测试、问卷调查(包括五个部分)和访谈;研究人员对20名高中英语教师进行了问卷调查。调查问卷的第1、2和4部分涉及到英语教师在项目中的困难、需求和目的。此外,这些被用来确定英语教师的目标需求,集中在他们的不足,需要和希望在目标情境中有效地发挥作用。第三部分和第五部分是高中英语教师在专业发展项目中的反思和挑战。此外,我们还对高中英语教师进行了访谈,以收集数据,深入研究目标需求、反思和挑战的结果。结果表明,高中英语教师对自己的不足、需要和需要有不同的看法。调查结果还表明,高中英语教师反映,他们学校目前的专业发展计划实践从未帮助英语教师发展他们的专业。最后,调查结果显示,高中英语教师在目前的课程中面临着各种各样的挑战。因此,专业发展应根据英语教师的目标需求、反思和挑战进行调整。
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