TY - JOUR
T1 - Beliefs, practices, and interactions of teachers in a Japanese high school English department
AU - Sato, Kazuyoshi
AU - Kleinsasser, Robert C.
PY - 2004/11
Y1 - 2004/11
N2 - This study reveals the school culture and the teachers' professional development activities in a Japanese high school learning environment. Furthermore, it documents the relationships among the context, teachers' beliefs, practices, and interactions. Using multiple data sources including interviews, observations, and documents of teachers from an English department, this yearlong study revealed these English as a Foreign Language teachers lacked many teacher learning opportunities in their context. The study revealed that teacher collaboration only reinforced existing practices, eroding teachers' motivation to learn to teach in this specific context. The study provides evidence to teacher educators about inservice teachers and their learning environment and the significance of the relationships between the two entities.
AB - This study reveals the school culture and the teachers' professional development activities in a Japanese high school learning environment. Furthermore, it documents the relationships among the context, teachers' beliefs, practices, and interactions. Using multiple data sources including interviews, observations, and documents of teachers from an English department, this yearlong study revealed these English as a Foreign Language teachers lacked many teacher learning opportunities in their context. The study revealed that teacher collaboration only reinforced existing practices, eroding teachers' motivation to learn to teach in this specific context. The study provides evidence to teacher educators about inservice teachers and their learning environment and the significance of the relationships between the two entities.
KW - Beliefs
KW - Interactions
KW - Practices
KW - School culture
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tate.2004.09.004
DO - 10.1016/j.tate.2004.09.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:8744249036
SN - 0742-051X
VL - 20
SP - 797
EP - 816
JO - Teaching and Teacher Education
JF - Teaching and Teacher Education
IS - 8
ER -