SQU ELT trainers encouraged peer observation and same-day feedback sessions, with 78.9% of trainees agreeing trainers encouraged class visits and 81.9% agreeing feedback came the same day as observation¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2010 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? 78.9 per cent of trainees agreed their trainers encouraged them to visit each other's classes during teaching practice, and all trainers agreed they encouraged such visits. → Ali Al-Issa & Ali Al-Bulushi 2010 q2 i? 81.9 per cent of trainees agreed their trainers held feedback sessions on the same day they had observed their trainees, and all seven trainers agreed. → Ali Al-Issa & Ali Al-Bulushi 2010 (2)

Evidence¶

Ali Al-Issa & Ali Al-Bulushi 2010¶

Ali Al-Issa & Ali Al-Bulushi. (2010). Training English Language Student Teachers to Become Reflective Teachers. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, Vol 35, 4. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajtec/vol35/iss4/4/

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Survey of 90 final-year ELT student teachers at Sultan Qaboos University; Item 7 of the reflection-through-observation theme. "78.9 per cent of the trainees agreed that their trainers encouraged them to visit each other’s classes"; the article adds that all the trainers agreed they encouraged such visits.

"In Item 7, 78.9 per cent of the trainees agreed that their trainers encouraged them to visit each other’s classes during teaching practice."

Ali Al-Issa & Ali Al-Bulushi 2010 (2)¶

Ali Al-Issa & Ali Al-Bulushi. (2010). Training English Language Student Teachers to Become Reflective Teachers. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, Vol 35, 4. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajtec/vol35/iss4/4/

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Same survey, reflection-through-talking theme, Item 13. "81.9 per cent agreed that their trainers held feedback sessions on the same day" as observation; all seven trainers agreed they held group feedback sessions.

"In Item 13, 81.9 per cent agreed that their trainers held feedback sessions on the same day that they had observed their trainees."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Trainee and trainer responses contradicted each other on ten questionnaire items (4, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25), suggesting a lack of coordination among trainers
• Some SQU ELT trainers used prescriptive practices contrary to reflective preparation: telling trainees how to teach (74.2% agreement), restricting lesson planning to the teachers guide (53.4%), and training them to teach only the national textbook (66.8%) — related
• Gaps in reflective training: 42.9 per cent of trainees had not experienced on-line collaborative talk and 42 per cent had not been asked to produce written assignments about ELT in Oman — related