PERSPECTIVES ON ENGLISH TEACHER DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN CHINA

• Authors: Wang Ping
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Questionnaires are used to examine Chinese rural primary school English teachers’ needs and challenges and perceptions in the implementation of Standards for Teachers of English in Primary Schools as professional development in rural school contexts in China. A total of 300 teachers participated in the research. Their feedback illustrates that there are serious problems with the current training model and that teachers have a very high expectation of being involved in the Professional Graduate Certificate in Education.

Keywords

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RURAL SCHOOLS; TEACHERS OF ENGLISH; CURRICULUM; INNOVATION; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; CHINA

• Publisher: Faculty of Education, Trnava University
• Journal: Pedagogický časopis (Journal of Pedagogy)
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 208 – 119

Contributors

author

Wang Ping

• Jiaxing University, College of Foreign Languages, 56 Yuexiu Road (South), Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, 314001, China