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Rise to the Occasion: The Trajectory of a Novice Japanese Teacher's First Online Teaching through Action Research
- Source :
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Language Teaching Research . Mar 2021 25(2):306-329. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Foreign language teaching in distance education is administratively and pedagogically challenging; research on the perspectives of novice practitioners' online teaching is also relatively scarce. This study explores how a novice Japanese teacher navigated and negotiated her professional development in a two-way virtual practitionership during her first online teaching. Data were collected from ongoing dialogue journals between the novice and her mentor followed by a semi-structured interview. Qualitative results indicate that pedagogically-sound and personalized digital tools can not only reduce the psychological distance between the teachers and students, but facilitate online teaching and learning via a performance-driven, standard-based curriculum. Informed by Action Research, the study reveals how both practitioners de/reconstructed their teacher identities and achieved professional empowerment through robust supervision and reciprocal teacher evaluation in a virtual environment. It further demonstrates the extent to which this evidence-driven and research-oriented approach can better address the genuine concerns of a foreign language program in distance education. Specifically, this context-responsive study indicates the improvement of online course delivery, teacher training and program sustainability in its own right.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1362-1688
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Language Teaching Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1291588
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168819846794