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Banegas, Darío Luis – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2018
This paper investigates the conceptions of research held by English as a foreign language teachers in Argentina. Quantitative data from 622 participants from an online questionnaire were followed by qualitative data from online interviews with 40 of those participants. Results show that the teachers conceptualised research through conventional…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Research, Foreign Countries
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Gunduz, Nuket; Ozcan, Deniz – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2017
This study aims to examine students' perception on using the Moodle system in secondary school in English as a foreign language lessons. A mixed method approach was used in this study with qualitative and quantitative research models. The study group consisted of 333 students and 12 English language teachers. The quantitative data were collected…
Descriptors: Integrated Learning Systems, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes
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Ruiz-Esparza Barajas, Elizabeth; Medrano Vela, Cecilia Araceli; Zepeda Huerta, Jesús Helbert Karim – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2016
This study reports on the first stage of a larger joint research project undertaken by five universities in Mexico to explore university teachers' thinking about out-of-class teamwork. Data from interviews were analyzed using open and axial coding. Although results suggest a positive perception towards teamwork, the study unveiled important…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Teamwork, Coding
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Chaves, Orlando; Guapacha, Maria Eugenia – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2016
This article reports a mixed-method research project aimed at improving the practices of public sector English teachers in Cali (Colombia) through a professional development program. At the diagnostic stage surveys, documentary analysis, and a focus group yielded the teachers' profile and professional needs. The action phase measured the program's…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cota Grijalva, Sofía D.; Ruiz-Esparza Barajas, Elizabeth – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2013
This paper contains the description of a research project that was carried out in the Bachelor of Arts in English Language Teaching program at a Mexican university. The study was longitudinal and it tracked fourteen students for four semesters of the eight semester program. The aim was to identify pre-service teachers' beliefs about English…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Language of Instruction, Foreign Countries