Subjective determinants of the development of foreign language teacher expertise

• Authors: Hanušová Světlana , Píšová Michaela , Kostková Klára , Janíková Věra , Najvar Petr
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The paper presents partial results of a research project dealing with the nature of expertise of foreign language teachers. Whereas the first two phases of the project focused on expert teacher’s performance, knowledge base and insight from a synchronous perspective, the third phase of the research was diachronically oriented and was aimed at identifying both subjective and objective determinants of the development of teacher expertise. In the current paper we present the results concerning subjective determinants of their professional development. The data were collected in narrative interviews with 8 teachers of English or German at Czech lower secondary schools. The following categories were induced through open coding of verbal protocols: the teacher’s self-knowledge, their intrinsic motivation, value system, job satisfaction, openness to change and coping with the demands of the profession. The results contribute to understanding of the processes of developing and maintaining expertise and to understanding of the needs of teachers and the development of the supporting processes of their professional development.

Keywords

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professional developmentforeign language teacher; narrative interview; teacher expertise; subjective determinants

Discipline

• EDUCATION: EDUCATION

• Publisher: Czech Pedagogical Society
• Journal: Pedagogická orientace (Journal of the Czech Pedagogical Society)
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 857-877

Contributors

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Hanušová Světlana

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Píšová Michaela

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Kostková Klára

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Janíková Věra

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Najvar Petr

• Redakce časopisu Pedagogická orientace, Doc. PhDr. Tomáš Janík, Ph.D., M.Ed., Institut výzkumu školního vzdělávání PdF MU, Poříčí 31, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic