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Papageorgiou, Ifigenia, Copland, Fiona, Viana, Vander 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3079-4393, Bowker, David and Moran, Edward
(2019)
Teaching practice in UK ELT Master's programmes.
ELT Journal, 73 (2).
pp. 154-165.
ISSN 0951-0893
Abstract
Despite the fact that UK ELT Master’s programmes are numerous, diverse, and financially important, very little research has been conducted on whether they deliver teaching practice (TP) or micro-teaching (MT), and on what students’ expectations of these modules are. The present paper addresses this gap by examining how many ELT-related Master’s programmes in the UK offer TP/MT modules and by investigating students’ expectations of these modules. Drawing on data from document analysis, we show that only 34 out of the 141 UK ELT-related Master’s programmes offer a TP module and 12 offer an MT module. Data from pre-/post-study questionnaires and focus groups indicate that students consider practical teaching experience an important part of their programmes, and report that they would like more course time to be spent on it. Based on these findings, we recommend that UK ELT Master’s programmes should provide students with ways to gain such practical experience.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | master's programs,teacher education,teaching practice,microteaching,united kingdom,mixed methods study |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Education and Lifelong Learning |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2019 14:30 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Mar 2024 15:32 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/72511 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/elt/ccy050 |
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