The enhancement of teacher immunity in a professional development course: Contributions from supervisory observation and the observer
Classroom observation has been reported to be stressful for language teachers since it can disrupt the equilibrium and push the teachers towards maladaptive language teacher immunity. The present study is an attempt to shed light on the way classroom observation and a professional development (PD) c...
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| description | Classroom observation has been reported to be stressful for language teachers since it can disrupt the equilibrium and push the teachers towards maladaptive language teacher immunity. The present study is an attempt to shed light on the way classroom observation and a professional development (PD) course on classroom observation contribute to language teacher immunity development through self-organization lens. To this end, the researchers in the current study designed an explanatory sequential mixed method study and 13 novice language teachers were invited to fill language teacher immunity scale before and after a professional development course. The qualitative data were collected through narrative frames and semi-structured interviews. The findings revealed that the immunity level of the students differed significantly before and after the intervention. The findings accentuate the importance of in-service programs in reforming the teachers’ narratives of classroom observations and enabling them to transform classroom observations from threats to opportunities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-be93ff0ca3ca40b8a63e9ba6f7e5910b2024-11-15T06:12:45ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402024-11-011021e39355The enhancement of teacher immunity in a professional development course: Contributions from supervisory observation and the observerMohammad Sheikhi0Parviz Alavinia1Department of English Language and Literature, Urmia University, Urmia, IranCorresponding author.; Department of English Language and Literature, Urmia University, Urmia, IranClassroom observation has been reported to be stressful for language teachers since it can disrupt the equilibrium and push the teachers towards maladaptive language teacher immunity. The present study is an attempt to shed light on the way classroom observation and a professional development (PD) course on classroom observation contribute to language teacher immunity development through self-organization lens. To this end, the researchers in the current study designed an explanatory sequential mixed method study and 13 novice language teachers were invited to fill language teacher immunity scale before and after a professional development course. The qualitative data were collected through narrative frames and semi-structured interviews. The findings revealed that the immunity level of the students differed significantly before and after the intervention. The findings accentuate the importance of in-service programs in reforming the teachers’ narratives of classroom observations and enabling them to transform classroom observations from threats to opportunities.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024153868Language teacher immunityClassroom observationSelf-organizationProfessional development |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Sheikhi Parviz Alavinia The enhancement of teacher immunity in a professional development course: Contributions from supervisory observation and the observer Heliyon Language teacher immunity Classroom observation Self-organization Professional development |
| title | The enhancement of teacher immunity in a professional development course: Contributions from supervisory observation and the observer |
| title_full | The enhancement of teacher immunity in a professional development course: Contributions from supervisory observation and the observer |
| title_fullStr | The enhancement of teacher immunity in a professional development course: Contributions from supervisory observation and the observer |
| title_full_unstemmed | The enhancement of teacher immunity in a professional development course: Contributions from supervisory observation and the observer |
| title_short | The enhancement of teacher immunity in a professional development course: Contributions from supervisory observation and the observer |
| title_sort | enhancement of teacher immunity in a professional development course contributions from supervisory observation and the observer |
| topic | Language teacher immunity Classroom observation Self-organization Professional development |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024153868 |
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