In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Electronic Learning Association

Document Type : scientific-research

Author

Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Language, Amirkabir University of Technology

Abstract

Years after the first coinage of the term blended or hybrid learning, this mode of learning and its related courses and programs are still widely underexplored in the context of CALL teacher education. In an attempt to shed more light into this research base, the present case study focuses on the potentials of collaborative learning experiences in a blended teacher education course for developing English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ pedagogical knowledge of CALL. Five female Iranian EFL teachers participated in the study and were engaged in different types of classroom collaborative discussions and tasks. An analysis of in-class collaborative tasks reveled that collaboration in online and face-to-face learning contexts significantly contributed to the development of different aspects of teachers’ knowledge of CALL integration into their instruction.

Keywords

Article Title [Persian]

تجربه توسعه حرفه ای در آموزش ترکیبی معلمان

Author [Persian]

  • فاطمه نامی

Abstract [Persian]

سال‌ها پس از اولین سکه‌گذاری اصطلاح یادگیری ترکیبی یا ترکیبی، این شیوه یادگیری و دوره‌ها و برنامه‌های مرتبط با آن هنوز به طور گسترده در زمینه آموزش معلمان CALL مورد بررسی قرار نگرفته است. در تلاشی برای روشن کردن بیشتر این پایگاه پژوهشی، مطالعه موردی حاضر بر پتانسیل‌های تجارب یادگیری مشارکتی در یک دوره آموزش ترکیبی معلم برای توسعه دانش آموزشی معلمان انگلیسی به عنوان یک زبان خارجی (EFL) از CALL متمرکز است. پنج معلم زن زبان انگلیسی زبان ایرانی در این مطالعه شرکت کردند و در انواع بحث‌ها و وظایف مشترک کلاسی شرکت داشتند. تجزیه و تحلیل وظایف مشارکتی در کلاس نشان داد که همکاری در زمینه های یادگیری آنلاین و حضوری به طور قابل توجهی به توسعه جنبه های مختلف دانش معلمان از ادغام CALL کمک می کند.

Keywords [Persian]

  • یادگیری تلفیقی
  • آموزش معلم تماس بگیرید
  • یادگیری مشارکتی
  • معلمان زبان انگلیسی
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