Teacher education is deemed to play a critical role in revolutionizing any education system. As a result, pre-service teacher education has received considerable attention in education systems world over. In the context of Iran, the process of teacher education has not been properly implemented and following their being recruited teachers would go directly to classes, without possessing adequat...

An Implementation Model for Courses in Human Resource Training M. Sami'ee Zafarghandi, Ph.D. To arrive at an effective model for implementing courses in human resource training different approaches to this task were critically reviewed and their constructive aspects reutilized. The new approach was then tested to identify any probable defect. The final model consists of basic elem...

the present study aimed to explore (a) if there is any relationship between efl teachers’ self-regulatory and their resiliency, (b) if there is any relationship between efl teachers’ self-regulatory and their genders, and (c) if there is any relationship between efl teachers’ self-regulatory and years of teaching experience. through a convenience method of sampling, the first group of participa...

Reflective Teaching and Its Impact on Students' Achievement in English F. Ghorbaan Dordinejaad, Ph.D. M. Rashvand Reflective teaching as a style in teaching has shown to be effective across different academic areas, in which teaching English is no exception. To demonstrate its effectiveness, a sample of 70 English teachers in Ghazvin was asked to answer two sets of questions o...

While systematic and worthwhile research efforts have been undertaken regarding the conceptualization, development, and assessment of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPCK) within the context of face-to-face learning experiences in higher education and teacher professional development settings, the authors herein posit that the framework of TPCK requires a technological solution, be...

Teacher supervision plays a pivotal role in the improvement of education system and the way in which teachers and student teachers perceive it. Consequently language teacher supervisors can utilize appropriate supervisory models to keep teachers update and promote them professionally. The present study investigated the role of language teacher supervisors in student teachers and in-service teac...

earlier self efficacy studies have been blamed for their methodological weakness and their mere reliance on self-report, survey, and correlational techniques for data collection. the purpose of this study; therefore, was to assess the impact of feuerstein’s theory of mediation on efl teachers’ sense of efficacy through direct observation rather than self reports and to use experimental techniqu...