The impact of professional development on EFL teachers' teaching practices: an empirical approach
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This paper presents a research on the impact of professional development and post-graduate studies on the teaching practices of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) state school teachers in Greek secondary education (Gymnasiun - IESCD 3). A series of observations and semi-structured interviews were used in a sample of 68 teaching sessions and 28 teachers respectively. It was concluded that there can be a significant impact of teachers’ post graduate studies and out-service training on the application of teaching practices that are oriented towards communicative methods. However, it was demonstrated that in-service training does not correlate to the use of communicative practices.
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Μπιρμπίλη Μ., & Παπαοικονόμου Α. (2016). The impact of professional development on EFL teachers’ teaching practices: an empirical approach. Journal of Research in Education and Training, 9(2), 45–77. https://doi.org/10.12681/jret.10197
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