Expertise of foreign language teachers - qualitative analysis
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | Our research aims to systematically analyse the nature of foreign language teacher expertise and to develop its empirical model. The first phase of a three-year project consisted of quantitative as well as qualitative research methods. In the contribution, selected results of the first phase of were presented. The data collected in interviews with 30 teachers who were identified as expert teachers of English or German languages were analyzed qualitatively and interpreted. The semi-structured interviews focused on the aspects of expertise that were not directly observable, namely the teachers' knowledge of the subject matter, their knowledge of the pupils, pedagogical content knowledge, ability to analyse and interpret educational phenomena, justify their actions and decisions, formulate their subjective theories, and pursue their professional development. The results revealed some interesting aspects of expertise of foreign language teachers. |
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