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Perceiving Technology-Based Professional Development Practices for Teachers: Accounts From English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers in China

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  • Xiaoquan Pan

    (Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China)

  • Zhengdong Gan

    (University of Macau, Macao, China)

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This study explored how 26 Chinese EFL teachers perceived community-based, technology-supported professional development practices. The methods of data collection in this study blend quantitative and qualitative techniques: 1) questionnaire survey of teachers' satisfaction about community-based technology-supported professional development practices; 2) online teacher discussion postings; 3) teacher self-reflection journals; and 4) semi-structured interviews. Data analysis revealed a generally positive attitude and empowering feelings in these Chinese EFL teachers who viewed technology-facilitated practices as affording constructive functions for their professional development. Results also revealed a range of factors that apparently mediated/limited EFL teachers' participation in the professional development activities. This study thus contributes to the understanding of the reality in relation to actual utilization of technological resources in second-language teacher development in the context of a developing country such as China.

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  • Xiaoquan Pan & Zhengdong Gan, 2020. "Perceiving Technology-Based Professional Development Practices for Teachers: Accounts From English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers in China," International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT), IGI Global, vol. 10(2), pages 40-58, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jcallt:v:10:y:2020:i:2:p:40-58
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