Subjective perceptions of ESP (English for Specific Purposes) university teachers’ professional beginnings: Quantitative research into pedagogical content knowledge.

Authors

JAŠKOVÁ Jana

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Language and Cultural Education
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Education

Citation
Web https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/jolace.2016.4.issue-1/jolace-2016-0007/jolace-2016-0007.pdf
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jolace-2016-0007
Field Pedagogy and education
Keywords Pedagogical content knowledge; English for Specific Purposes; professional growth; beginning teacher; university teacher
Description The aim of this paper is to present methodology and results of a quantitative phase within a research into English for Specific Purposes university teachers and their subjectively perceived changes in pedagogical content knowledge from a retrospective view of their professional beginnings. The introduction describes the investigated issues and explains key concepts. Chapter 1 refers to the theoretical background of teacher professional development. Since the quantitative research phase is a part of a mixed research design, Chapter 2 deals with the whole research including the research objective and questions. Chapter 3 is devoted to the quantitative research phase during which an anonymous electronic questionnaire was sent to the whole population of Czech university teachers of English for Specific Purposes and processed statistically. Chapter 4 presents the collected quantitative data discussed within the individual components of pedagogical content knowledge – conceptions of purposes for teaching subject matter, curricular knowledge, knowledge of instructional strategies, and knowledge of students’ understanding. The conclusion summarises the results and proposes some recommendations for pedagogical practice.
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