With learning contexts globally promoting putting learners in the centre, it is no surprise that autonomous learning will gain ground in contemporary classrooms. As there is no learner autonomy without autonomous teachers, investigating instructors’ preferences about autonomous learning is necessary for more successful language education. The research assessed Georgian teachers’ viewpoints on fostering autonomous learning in EFL acquisition. The study employed a close-ended questionnaire completed by over 100 teachers. The analysis concludes that Georgian teachers associate obstacles with a lack of resources, technical problems, and class size, while challenges linked to teachers include lack of experience, limited development opportunities, and time management.
Psychometrically sound and practical measures of school value, teacher autonomy, and teacher motivation were developed. Further, this study examined relationships among school value, teacher autonomy, and teacher motivation and compared the differences between elementary and secondary school teachers in those variables. Findings showed that those measures are reliable and valid. Also, elementary school teachers scored higher in those three variables than secondary school teachers. Particularly, school value and teacher autonomy were significant predictors of teacher motivation. The implication for school organization is to enhance positive school value and provide teachers with more autonomy, which will encourage teacher motivation.
The process of foreign language teacher training requires the introduction and development of reflection skills for teaching and work as an educator. That is why the process of teacher training must provide students with the necessary knowledge and practice. This article presents the rationale of the teacher training process at the Institute of German Philology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poz-nań, according to the standards for teaching from the years 2004 and 2012. The research described concerns the role of self-reflection in students both during the process of their training as future teachers and in their teaching practice in schools.
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The process of foreign language teacher training requires the introduction and development of reflection skills for teaching and work as an educator. That is why the process of teacher training must provide students with the necessary knowledge and practice. This article presents the rationale of the teacher training process at the Institute of German Philology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, according to the standards for teaching from the years 2004 and 2012. The research described concerns the role of self-reflection in students both during the process of their training as future teachers and in their teaching practice in schools.
This paper considers the problem of teacher autonomy both in the context of the educational law functioning in Poland and with regard to the professional competences expected of teachers for their own autonomous activities. I argue that teachers who do not focus on acquiring and expanding their autonomy competences, or do not use the autonomy assigned to them by the law, are not able to create appropriate conditions for their students in the field of education. Education for professional autonomy depends on the teachers’ due diligence in relation to their ownprofessional development. A significant responsibility in this respect falls on universities that provide teacher education.
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W niniejszym artykule podejmuję problem autonomii nauczyciela zarówno w kontekście funkcjonującego w Polsce prawa oświatowego, jak i oczekiwanych od nauczycieli kompetencji do działań autonomicznych. W artykule stawiam tezę, iż nauczyciele, którzy nie dbają o nabywanie i poszerzanie swoich kompetencji do autonomii, czy wręcz gdzie mają takie możliwości nie korzystają z przypisanej im prawem autonomii, nie są w stanie tworzyć odpowiednich warunków swoim uczniom w zakresie edukacji do autonomii. Wychowanie do profesjonalnej autonomii jest uzależnione od podjętego przez nauczycieli należytego wysiłku w zakresie własnego rozwoju zawodowego. Dużą rolę w tym zakresie należy przypisać uczelniom wyższym kształcącym nauczycieli.
Over the years of working at school teachers gain experience that is necessary for their professional development. The teaching experience may appear of little value if teachers do not reflect upon it. Reflection is the key to success in teaching. The article presents the results of a questionnaire conducted with foreign language teachers from Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland schools who were asked about their reflection. Many teachers (95%) reported that they reflected on their teaching and even made notes (50%). The research outcomes provide interesting facts about teachers’ reflections.
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