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The Relationship between Life Satisfaction and Hope, Anxiety of Turkish Final
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- Some Aspects of Professional Empowerment to Improve Job Satisfaction of Primary School Teachers
- Professional Development of ODL (Open Distance Learning) Faculty
- For Diversity against Adversity: Second Language Teachers Develop Intercultural and Research Skills during an Intensive Course with Immigrants in Greece
- A Case of Training Second Language Teachers Online: Affordances, Constraints, Advantages and Achievements
- The Contemporary Landscape of Greek Teachers’ Professional Development. Issues of Policies, Methodology, Practices and Perspective
- Investigating EFL Teachers’ Concerns and Beliefs During Teaching Practice and in Their First Year of Teaching
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The Relationship between Life Satisfaction and Hope, Anxiety of Turkish Final Year Students of Faculties of Education Filiz Gültekin gultekinfiliz@uludag.edu.tr Ahu Aricioğlu The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between levels of life satisfaction and hope, anxiety of final year students and compare these in terms of some variables. This correlational study was conducted on 438 Turkish final year students (92 males, 346 females) selected from volunteering students of the Faculty of Education of a Turkish state university. The data were gathered by administering Satisfaction With Life Scale, State of Hope Scale, The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and analyzed with Spearman rank-order correlation coefficients, Kruskal Wallis H and Mann Whitney U. Results revealed that there was a positive correlation between life satisfaction and hope (r=,511, p<0,01); and negative correlation state anxiety (r=- ,431, p<0,01)-trait anxiety (r=-,406, p<0,01). Students’ life satisfaction, hope and state-trait anxiety scores did differ significantly according to department and trait anxiety scores differed significantly according to gender. Findings were discussed in comparison with those of previous studies and some suggestions were presented for the future research. Keywords: final year students, life satisfaction, hope, anxiety 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 81 Some Aspects of Professional Empowerment to Improve Job Satisfaction of Primary School Teachers Fotini Kefalidou fotinikefalidou@hotmail.com Nikolaos Vassilakis Konstantinos Pitsalidis Purpose of the present study is to investigate and record teachers’ perceptions of their professional empowerment, as well as to examine their beliefs about their job satisfaction. More specifically, we examine the impact of teachers’ demographic and professional characteristics (age, work experience, sex, school type, labor relations) on their perceptions of job satisfaction and we explore possible correlations between job satisfaction and professional empowerment. The research method adopted in this paper is the descriptive and correlative survey, with the use of a self-report questionnaire. For the sample selection, we used the method of convenience sampling and the participants were 131 in total. Teachers’ perceptions of their professional empowerment were measured by the School Participant Empowerment Scale (SPES), developed by Short and Rinehart (1992), while their job satisfaction was measured by the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS), developed by Spector (1985). The results indicate that teachers who do not have a permanent position in a school and they are obliged to change school environment every year, or they have to work in more than one school each year, they feel less empowered and satisfied. Specifically, while there is no differentiation as far as it concerns the sex, the marital status, the age, the studies or the previous experience, there are differentiations in labor relations and the number of schools a teacher works in a year. As far as it concerns the job satisfaction, the findings indicate that the teachers have an average overall job satisfaction. In addition the research has shown that there is a positive correlation between job satisfaction and empowerment. The present study provides useful data about the issue of Greek teachers’ job satisfaction as well as empowerment and the factors that influence teachers’ feelings about their overall job satisfaction and empowerment. It is remarkable that they represent a specific unit in the school environment, as they face different and harder labor conditions due to the nature of their job. Although they seem to agree with the levels of job satisfaction and empowerment of their colleagues, the survey indicates that they are influenced by labor relations and the fact that they have to work in more than one school every year. The improvement of labor relations and the decrease in the number of schools a teacher works in a year, would essentially contribute to teachers’ job satisfaction and empowerment. Keywords: Job Satisfaction, Empowerment, Educators of Primary School 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 82 Professional Development of ODL (Open Distance Learning) Faculty Fouzia Ghias fouziag_77@hotmail.com Teacher is a back bone of education system. This fact cannot be denied that the teacher occupies the most crucial position in the entire spectrum of educational activities. It is, therefore, very important that any reforms to be introduced for widening the base of education, improving the content and teaching learning process, and should focus on the effective status of teacher. The research was conducted to study the profession development of ODL (Open Distance Learning) faculty. The objectives of the study were to study the job constraints of AIOU (Allama Iqbal Open University) faculty members, to study its effects on their professional development, to suggest strategies to improve the attitudes of academicians towards the professional development. The study was delimited to faculty members of AIOU. Total population was 137 out of which 70% was randomly selected as sample and it was 90 (50 male and 40 female). A questionnaire with 5 point Likert scale was developed with the consultancy of education experts. The data was collected and analyzed through chi-square (x2) and percentage method. On the basis of data analysis conclusion and recommendations were made. The conclusion of the study revealed that job constraints were highly affecting the academic work; therefore, overall academicians should be given facilities in terms of time, finance and administrative report. It was also concluded that both male and female had the equal opportunities for career progress, there was not gender discrimination for professional activities. It was recommended that academician should be rewarded with incentives, promotions, medals for improvement of academic and professional qualification constant appraisal programs and appreciations should be given to motivate the employees. Keywords: ODL, Professional development 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 83 For Diversity against Adversity: Second Language Teachers Develop Intercultural and Research Skills during an Intensive Course with Immigrants in Greece George Androulakis androulakis@uth.gr Marialena Malliarou Irene Ntasiou Vicky Panagou Iro-Maria Pantelouka Sofia Tsioli In an environment of economic and social crisis, migration flows to Greece and other Southern European countries are often treated with skepticism or even hostility. In addition, specific programs aimed at linguistic and social integration of immigrants have to overcome obstacles associated with the bureaucracy of public or governmental institutions and with the lack of flexibility on the part of funding organizations. Thus, teachers of a Second Language and Culture are invited to respond to multiple challenges that test their scientific and pedagogical competences and affordances. This paper will present data from the participation of teachers in an intensive project (lasting for five weeks in spring 2015) of teaching Greek Language and Culture to immigrants in seven Greek cities. For the project MATHEME, funded by the European Integration Fund, teachers had to develop a series of cross-language and intercultural skills in order to manage teaching to a multicultural audience, diverse in terms of languages in practice, and in social characteristics: Mothers, people with disabilities, unemployed and illiterate immigrants. Furthermore, teachers were asked to develop research skills to detect and analyze the linguistic, communicative, social and integrative needs of the target-public, and to adapt their teaching practices and techniques to these needs. The data discussed in this paper were collected in the written reports prepared and submitted by the teachers after the end of the course. The reports were accompanied by examples of learning material, activities and tasks chosen and/or designed by the teachers, and with motivated teaching decisions. Processing and analysis of such reports show the importance of acquiring multilingual and multicultural competence and awareness by teachers. It is also obvious that processes such as negotiation and reflection play a crucial part, along with personal and social skills such as understanding, empathy and commitment. The techniques which are proving effective in this environment are often collaborative and include organized feedback, brainstorming and monitoring. We believe that the results and conclusions of our analysis will shed light on interesting aspects of in-service training of teachers in multilingual and multicultural contexts. Keywords: Immigration, Second Language Teaching and Learning, Multilingualism, Research Skills, Intercultural Competence. 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 84 A Case of Training Second Language Teachers Online: Affordances, Constraints, Advantages and Achievements George Androulakis androulakis@uth.gr Roula Kitsiou Eleni Paparoidami Argyro-Maria Skourmalla Emmanouela Sotiropoulou This paper focuses on a fast track online teacher training seminar addressed to teachers who were asked to teach in a Greek Language and Culture program for immigrants in the spring of 2015. The MATHEME project, funded by the European Integration Fund, aimed, inter alia, to help teachers develop a series of cross-language and intercultural skills in order to teach to a multicultural audience, diverse in terms of languages in practice, and in social characteristics; mothers, people with disabilities, unemployed and illiterate immigrants. Furthermore, teachers were asked to develop research skills to detect and analyze the linguistic, communicative, social and integrative needs of the target-public, and to adapt their teaching practices and techniques to these needs. Teachers who took part in the project were highly qualified, having at least a postgraduate degree in language teaching, and quite some time of experience in teaching Greek as a Second Language. A two-day seminar was held online in order to inform the teaching staff regarding the design, organization and implementation of the project, the expected outcomes and the specific features of the project. Moreover, an important objective of the online seminar was to train the teachers on issues of theoretical principles, methodological choices and teaching practices chosen during the project’s proposal. The seminar used two online tools, one for communication purposes and an e-class for the teaching process. Fifty teachers from all over Greece attended the online seminar; very few of them had any kind of previous experience in online training whatsoever. The data to be presented and discussed in this paper were collected with the methods of participatory ethnographic observation, semiotic analysis of the recordings of sessions of a total of 8 hours, and discourse analysis of the chats created for participation in the sessions or for communication between the participants. The results of our analysis support the view that effective online teacher training presuppose consistent and meaningful participation in digital learning communities of practice, and a thorough understanding of the role citizenship, civility, digital literacy and openness serve in successful online instruction. Moreover, appropriate participation in the online sessions was usually linked with communication and creation skills. Keywords: ESL Teacher Training, Online Teacher Training, E-Class, Chats. 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 85 The Contemporary Landscape of Greek Teachers’ Professional Development. Issues of Policies, Methodology, Practices and Perspective George Bagakis gbag@otenet.gr A very old claim of the Greek teachers, the INSET, the last three years is located in a crucial bending. There is a vacuum and a freezing on the level of the central educational policy. Moreover, this situation was marked by negative versions of obligatory INSET related to the evaluation that the executives of education were going to realize last year. In this presentation, policies, methodology and practices of the Greek INSET will be discussed. Concerning the level of educational policies, the deficit of sufficient elaborations towards a national INSET strategy is underlined. Moreover, there are difficulties concerning the level of the record of INSET needs, planning, monitoring, and evaluation of the INSET programs. In relation to INSET methodology, new forms of INSET are underlined as the school-based forms of professional development, the long distance INSET, the INSET networks etc. Moreover it is mentioned that there are effective methods which have not been exploited so far (like mentoring and coaching) as well as other interesting alternative forms of INSET, which have very often been degenerated (see the case of school self-evaluation). As far as it concerns the level of practices, there is a valuable richness of innovative practices which have to be detected, pushed forward, supported and modelled for their best development and exploitation. Finally, the bidirectional communication and the golden section among the top-town and bottom up modes of professional development seem to be a significant request. Keywords: Professional development, INSET, policy, methodology 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 86 Investigating EFL Teachers’ Concerns and Beliefs During Teaching Practice and in Their First Year of Teaching George Giotis georgiotis@enl.uoa.gr This article purports to examine pre-service and beginning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ concerns and beliefs. More specifically, it attempts to investigate the EFL student and beginning teachers’ beliefs and concerns focusing on a period spanning from their last year of studies in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece up to their completion of their first year as EFL teachers ( a sixteen month research period). The main research questions are a) if there is a developmental pattern or change during the research period in the EFL teachers’ concerns, b) if the participants’ teaching practices reflect their beliefs and c) if there is an association between the participants’ target language competence and their beliefs. Quantitative and qualitative measures were employed to gather data which provided the answers to the research questions posed. In terms of quantitative data, a questionnaire was developed in order to collect data about the participants’ concerns and beliefs which was administered at four times during the sixteen month research period. A total of 212 questionnaires were collected and were statistically analyzed by the use of SPSS v.20 statistical software. In terms of qualitative data, diaries, observation forms and interviews were employed and delivered a huge amount of data (404.389 words) which were submitted to analysis by the use of NVivo software. Data analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data showed that the participants were mainly concerned about their target language competence, their ability to integrate ICT effectively in their teaching and about the impact of their teaching on their students’ learning. Data analysis revealed that most of their beliefs remained stable during the research period and it can be argued that the participants’ beliefs promote the communicative language teaching approach to a great degree. Their teaching practices are consistent with their beliefs as long as error correction and teaching grammar are referred to. Considering pair/group work, data revealed an inconsistency between the reported beliefs and the relevant teaching practices, which was attributed to a number of tensions between their beliefs and the teaching reality they had to face. Finally, statistical tests indicated that the strongest supporters of the communicative language teaching approach were the participants with the highest target language competence. Keywords: Teacher education, teaching practice, teachers' concerns and beliefs, EFL teachers' target language competence 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 87 How Do Teachers, Students and Parents Perceive the “Good Teacher” in Terms of His/Her Emotional Intelligence Skills? Georgia Diamantopoulou gdiam@uom.edu.gr Eirini Gouridou Maria Platsidou In their effort to make teachers’ education more effective, researchers and educators have systematically tried to identify the characteristics of the “good teacher”. Given the social and emotional nature of teaching and the fact that teachers’ Emotional Intelligence (EI) has been associated with many positive outcomes for all the interested parties in the educational context, a body of work related to the component qualities of “the good teacher” focuses on teachers’ social and emotional skills. In line with these research efforts, in the present study we investigated the characteristics of the “good teacher” in terms of his/her Emotional Intelligence Skills (EIS). Moreover, considering that teachers, students and parents are vital contributors of the educational process and outcomes, we explored their views on the qualities of the “good teacher”. Participants (82 students, 66 parents and 136 teachers) were tested with a 20-item inventory designed for the needs of this study. The inventory consisted of 9 Self-focused (e.g. self- confidence) and 11 Others-focused EIS (e.g. conflict-management) derived from the theory of Goleman (2000) for EI. A brief description of each EIS was provided (e.g. self-control: management of impulsive and stressful feelings even in pressing situations) and participants were asked to answer how important they consider each skill for a “good teacher using a 5-point Likert scale. Among the three groups of participants both differences and similarities were traced concerning the skills which they consider as the most important for a “good teacher”. Overall, the points of convergence among participants’ views on social and emotional skills of the “good teacher” seem to reflect a shared, culture-driven view of “the good teacher” prototype while the points of divergence seem to stem from teachers’, students’ and parents’ distinct roles in the educational context. Implications of the findings for teachers’ education and professional development will be discussed. Keywords: teachers, social-emotional skills, emotional intelligence Download 5.07 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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