EFL Student Teachers’ Beliefs and Practice of Online Classroom Management
Subject Areas : آموزش زبان انگلیسیMahboubeh Taghizadeh 1 , Fariba Khodabakhshi 2
1 - Department of Foreign Languages, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Foreign Languages, Iran University of Science and Technology, Hengam Street, Resalat, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: teacher belief, practice, online classroom management, teaching vocabulary, young learners,
Abstract :
The study investigated (a) pre-service teachers' strategy use in managing online classes of young learners in terms of six categories of time, interaction, assessment, behavior, instruction, and content; (b) the extent to which their practice matched their beliefs; and (c) their strengths and weaknesses in online classroom management. To collect the required data, the teaching practices of 26 pre-service teachers (f = 19, m = 7) who were MA students of TEFL (Teaching English as a foreign language) at Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) were observed and then rated according to 40 strategies defined in a rating scale. The student teachers were also asked to rate their own online teaching, and then their scores were compared with those of the observers. They also answered three interview questions on their strategy use, strengths, and weaknesses in managing their class in the Adobe Connect. The results of this mixed methods research revealed that student teachers used time management strategies more than the other strategies in their practice and that the majority of whom overrated their strategy use. The results also indicated that their strengths in using the components of classroom management could be hierarchically ranked as time, interaction, content, instruction, behavior, and assessment. With regard to their weaknesses, assessment was found as the weakest component. This study can help teacher educators to offer pre-service teachers an appropriate instruction on their challenges of managing online classes of young learners.
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