THE EVALUATION OF EFL TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN TURKEY FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF PRE-SERVICE EFL TEACHERS AND THEIR INSTRUCTORS

THE EVALUATION OF EFL TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN TURKEY FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF PRE-SERVICE EFL TEACHERS AND THEIR INSTRUCTORS

Karabuga, Ferhan

The fact that teacher education programs need a systematic evaluation has been emphasised by many researchers (i.e. Richards, 1990, Wallace, 1991)). The present study aims to investigate the pre-service EFL teachers’ views on EFL teacher education programs they attend in Turkey and their instructors by means of Peacock’s (2009) recent evaluation model. The present study is based on the data collected from fourth grade pre-service EFL teachers and their instructors via questionnaires and interviews. The results obtained through data collection tools revealed that the pre-service EFL teachers had a strong agreement in general with the program they were attending. However, the program seemed to have some shortcomings from the perspectives of pre-service teachers and their instructors and they put forward some suggestions to be taken into consideration to overcome those shortcomings.

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2014

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