Exploring the motivations and incentives behind language teacher professional development, and the perceived effects on language learners. (c2017)
Research on language teachers’ motivation for continuing professional development is limited and infrequent, and much less on language teachers in Lebanon. This study aims to explore the motivations and incentives of language teachers undertaking professional development and how that motivation affe...
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| author | Masri, Wafica El |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Masri, Wafica El |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2017-11-02T07:56:23Z 2017-11-02T07:56:23Z 2017 2017-11-02 2017-06-02 |
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| dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv | Lebanese American University |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Lebanese American University -- Dissertations Dissertations, Academic Language teachers -- In-service training Language teachers -- In-service training -- Lebanon Language and languages -- Study and teaching Teacher-student relationships |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | Exploring the motivations and incentives behind language teacher professional development, and the perceived effects on language learners. (c2017) |
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| description | Research on language teachers’ motivation for continuing professional development is limited and infrequent, and much less on language teachers in Lebanon. This study aims to explore the motivations and incentives of language teachers undertaking professional development and how that motivation affects language learners in their classrooms. It examines gaps, if any, regarding the effectiveness of PD and their impact on classroom practices. The self-efficacy and autonomy of teachers are essential to research, as they play a role in their choice and the frequency of PD activities. Understanding the efficacy beliefs of teachers would explain how effective these PD tasks were in practice. This study will fill a gap in research on teachers’ perception of control and how that affects their performance. For this qualitative exploratory study, data was collected through questionnaires, in depth-interviews and document analysis. Results show correlations between teachers’ ages, years of experience and levels of motivation to pursue PD. Data results also portrayed themes relevant to PD such as burnout, school support and intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Recommendations for further research include studies on PD providers such as trainers and centers. |
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| spelling | Exploring the motivations and incentives behind language teacher professional development, and the perceived effects on language learners. (c2017)Masri, Wafica ElLebanese American University -- DissertationsDissertations, AcademicLanguage teachers -- In-service trainingLanguage teachers -- In-service training -- LebanonLanguage and languages -- Study and teachingTeacher-student relationshipsResearch on language teachers’ motivation for continuing professional development is limited and infrequent, and much less on language teachers in Lebanon. This study aims to explore the motivations and incentives of language teachers undertaking professional development and how that motivation affects language learners in their classrooms. It examines gaps, if any, regarding the effectiveness of PD and their impact on classroom practices. The self-efficacy and autonomy of teachers are essential to research, as they play a role in their choice and the frequency of PD activities. Understanding the efficacy beliefs of teachers would explain how effective these PD tasks were in practice. This study will fill a gap in research on teachers’ perception of control and how that affects their performance. For this qualitative exploratory study, data was collected through questionnaires, in depth-interviews and document analysis. Results show correlations between teachers’ ages, years of experience and levels of motivation to pursue PD. Data results also portrayed themes relevant to PD such as burnout, school support and intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Recommendations for further research include studies on PD providers such as trainers and centers.N/A1 hard copy: ix, 81 leaves; 30 cm . available at RNL.Bibliography : leaves 62-66.Lebanese American University2017-11-02T07:56:23Z2017-11-02T07:56:23Z20172017-11-022017-06-02Thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesishttp://hdl.handle.net/10725/6476https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2017.10http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/thesis.phpeninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/64762021-03-19T10:03:26Z |
| spellingShingle | Exploring the motivations and incentives behind language teacher professional development, and the perceived effects on language learners. (c2017) Masri, Wafica El Lebanese American University -- Dissertations Dissertations, Academic Language teachers -- In-service training Language teachers -- In-service training -- Lebanon Language and languages -- Study and teaching Teacher-student relationships |
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| title | Exploring the motivations and incentives behind language teacher professional development, and the perceived effects on language learners. (c2017) |
| title_full | Exploring the motivations and incentives behind language teacher professional development, and the perceived effects on language learners. (c2017) |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the motivations and incentives behind language teacher professional development, and the perceived effects on language learners. (c2017) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the motivations and incentives behind language teacher professional development, and the perceived effects on language learners. (c2017) |
| title_short | Exploring the motivations and incentives behind language teacher professional development, and the perceived effects on language learners. (c2017) |
| title_sort | Exploring the motivations and incentives behind language teacher professional development, and the perceived effects on language learners. (c2017) |
| topic | Lebanese American University -- Dissertations Dissertations, Academic Language teachers -- In-service training Language teachers -- In-service training -- Lebanon Language and languages -- Study and teaching Teacher-student relationships |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10725/6476 https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2017.10 http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/thesis.php |