English Teacher Recruitment in Iran: A Compatibility Study with the Global Standards

Autor/inn/en	Shojaei, Rezvan; Bagheri, Mohammad Sadegh; Rassaei, Ehsan
Titel	English Teacher Recruitment in Iran: A Compatibility Study with the Global Standards
Quelle	In: Cogent Education, 8 (2021) 1, Artikel 1944835 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2331-186X
DOI	10.1080/2331186X.2021.1944835
Schlagwörter	Language Teachers; Teacher Recruitment; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Standards; Global Approach; Teacher Student Relationship; Teacher Effectiveness; Institutes (Training Programs); Student Attitudes; Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance; Foreign Countries; Supervisors; Selection Criteria; Teacher Selection; Guidelines; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehrerrekrutierung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Standard; Globales Denken; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Sommerakademie; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Selection criterion; Auslesekriterium; Richtlinien
Abstract	This study aimed at examining the global standards of teacher effectiveness to be employed to evaluate teacher candidates in the English teacher recruitment process. For this purpose, the global standards of teacher effectiveness and the qualities indicative of them were extracted from the documents. Then, the educational managers of thirty English language institutes were interviewed to discover the extent to which theses global standards are considered for teacher selection in the language institutes in Iran. The use of global standards by the language institutes would confirm the fact that they are applicable to the recruitment process. Next, the global standards were used to employ five English teachers in a language institute in Kerman, Iran. The classroom behavior of these teachers was observed by the institute supervisor. Moreover, the perceptions of the recruited teachers' students were probed by means employing a questionnaire containing the criteria of teacher effectiveness. The results of the study indicated that the educational managers of the institutes approved of the majority of the global standards to be used in the English teacher recruitment process. The perceptions of the students and those of the supervisor also manifested that the recruited teachers are doing their jobs well, which would verify the appropriateness of the criteria used for teacher selection. Based on the results, a framework for English teacher recruitment encompassing the global standards of teacher effectiveness, their definitions, and the qualities indicative of them was suggested. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01