Online Transformational Learning to Develop Egyptian EFL Prospective Teachers' Pedagogical Skills during COVID-19 Pandemic

The spread of COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in schools' closing. Egyptian prospective teachers did not have enough time to continue the actual teaching practicum in schools as a prerequisite of their preparation program. The current study aims to explore the effectiveness of online transformational learning in developing EFL prospective teachers' pedagogical skills during COVID-19 Pandemic. Based on an interpretive paradigm, this mixed method study aimed at probing into the perceptions of Egyptian EFL prospective teachers of transforming actual teaching practicum into online one. Data collection was based on a sequential mixed methods approach; thus, in the first phase of the study, the researchers administered a pedagogical skills observation checklist and a teaching practicum course manual for EFL prospective teachers in the third year English section at the Faculty of Education of Menoufia University in Egypt (n=33). In Phase Two, 15 EFL prospective teachers completed a reflective journal. Data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings of the current study indicated the effectiveness of the online transformational learning in enhancing EFL prospective teachers' pedagogical skills.