An Investigation of Iranian EFL Teachers’ Conceptions toward Good Learning through the Eye of Effective Teaching

dc.creator	Majid Elahi Shirvan
dc.creator	Hossein Khodabakhshzadeh
dc.date	2011-09-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:17:30Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:17:30Z
dc.identifier	10.4304/tpls.1.9.1197-1206
dc.identifier	1799-2591
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c2c966c330104368acb0a3bdd90bff86
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/19042
dc.description	This study aims to investigate the similarities and differences between a small group of Iranian expert and novice EFL teachers' conceptions of good learning through the eye of effective teaching and their actual practice. The five expert and five novice EFL teachers in this study were selected based on seven criteria: their teaching experience, TOFEL scores, students' evaluation, supervisor evaluation, academic certificate, research background, and their teaching practice, observed based on a checklist made by the researcher. To collect data, the participants were interviewed. They were asked a list of questions gathered from the existing literature on the similar topics to find the similarities and differences in their conceptions regarding effective teaching. Afterward, their classes were observed for several sessions to capture the participants' similarities and differences in how they actually taught in class. A post-interview followed each class observation to explore more about the reasons behind their moves in class. These steps were taken to find the expert and novice teachers' beliefs about effective teaching in talk and practice. The interviews were transcribed and imported to NVivo7 program for analyzing through coding the data. Eventually, the researchers came up with some major nodes i.e. the experts' and novices' main conceptions of effective teaching. The data were then compared with respect to how they actually performed in class. Broadly speaking, six central tendencies in their talk and practice were obtained as indicators of good learning: Achievement in tests, learners&rsquo; emotional aspects, language production, transfer of learning, and monitoring classmates and teachers&rsquo; mistakes. The findings of the present research propose that novice teachers need to be made aware of the importance of these indicators of good learning especially academic aspects of teaching along with affective dimensions in their educational programs.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	ACADEMY PUBLISHER
dc.relation	http://ojs.academypublisher.com/index.php/tpls/article/view/5584
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1799-2591
dc.source	Theory and Practice in Language Studies , Vol 1, Iss 9, Pp 1197-1206 (2011)
dc.subject	good learning
dc.subject	expert teacher
dc.subject	novice teacher
dc.subject	conceptions and beliefs
dc.subject	effective teaching
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.title	An Investigation of Iranian EFL Teachers’ Conceptions toward Good Learning through the Eye of Effective Teaching
dc.type	article