Effectiveness of Teachers‟ Education among Novice and Experienced Teachers: A Study

• Main Authors: Mahboobeh Gholamalian, Azadeh Nemati
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lasting Impressions Press 2017-12-01
• Series: International Journal of English Language and Translation Studies
• Subjects: EFL Teachers; Teachers’ Education; Novice Teachers; Experienced Teachers And Gender
• Online Access: http://www.eltsjournal.org/archive/value5%20issue4/7-5-4-17.pdf

This study investigated the effectiveness of teachers‟ education among novice and experienced teachers. The study involved 24 novice and 31 experienced English teachers teaching in two English language institutes and a university in Shiraz, Iran (Omid, Parsa institutes, and Shiraz Azad University). They were both males and females and were selected through availability sampling procedure. Data were collected through a FLEQ questionnaire which included 32 Likert scale items. The data was analysed using both descriptive (in the form of frequency counts, tables) and inferential statistics (T-Test and ANOVA). Based on the analysis, the following results were obtained: 1) there was positive significant correlation between the experience of the teachers and their level of educations, and 2) The perceptions of novice and experienced males and females English language teachers did not significantly differ regarding the effectiveness of teachers’ education. The results could have implications for teachers, university instructors, syllabus designers and, in general, all those who are involved in the field of education.