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Direct linkYan, Chunmei; He, Chuanjun; Guo, Xinjie; Wang, Jianyang – Professional Development in Education, 2023
Professional development of teacher educators has received growing attention in recent years owing to their important role in preparing teachers for schools and universities, however, female-dominated mid-career EFL teacher educators in regional teacher education universities remain underexplored. This study examined 18 female experienced teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Women Faculty, English (Second Language)
Yan, Chunmei; He, Chuanjun – Professional Development in Education, 2015
Short in-service teacher development (INSET) programmes have been globally used as a form of teacher development, but their impact has been under question. This study sought to examine teacher participants' perceptions of short INSET programmes to come up with better solutions to enhancing their effect on teachers' professional learning. A…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
"We Can't Change Much Unless the Exams Change": Teachers' Dilemmas in the Curriculum Reform in China
Yan, Chunmei – Improving Schools, 2015
This article reports on a study of English secondary teachers' perceptions of and implementation of the New English Curriculum Reform in China. Triangulated data collection methods were employed to gather information about teachers' perceptions of the New Curriculum and their teaching behaviours in Central China. An implementation gap emerged…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Strategies
Yan, Chunmei; He, Chuanjun – Teacher Development, 2012
Despite widespread scepticism about the impact of INSET (in-service teacher training) initiatives on teacher development, INSET participation has remained one of the major routes for teachers' professional development. This article reports on an evaluation of a part-time INSET programme for secondary school English teachers delivered by a national…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, Professional Development, Teacher Attitudes
Yan, Chunmei – Journal of Educational Change, 2012
This article reports on a study of English secondary teachers' perceptions of and implementation of the new English curriculum reform in China. Triangulated data collection methods were employed to gather information about teachers' perceptions of the new curriculum and their teaching behaviours. Implementation gap emerged between the new…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, English (Second Language)
Yan, Chunmei; He, Chuanjun – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2011
Despite the frequent criticisms directed toward them, in-service teacher training (INSET) programmes remain one of the most commonly used approaches for enhancing teachers' professional development. This article reports on a study that examined the effects of a part-time masters of education INSET programme based in Central China. The main source…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Part Time Faculty
Yan, Chunmei; He, Chuanjun – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2009
This article reports on a study that examines decisive factors for longer-term sustainability of cross-cultural teacher-training initiatives in China. It focuses on the Chinese project implementers' perspectives of a Sino-British adult education English-language teaching project based in central China. Semistructured individual interviews were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Adult Education, English for Special Purposes
Yan, Chunmei; He, Chuanjun – Ethnography and Education, 2012
This article reports on a study of secondary English teachers' perceptions of and implementation of the New English Curriculum Reform in China initiated in 2009. Ethnography and triangulated data collection methods were employed to gather information about three senior secondary English teachers' interpretations of the New Curriculum and their…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Ethnography, Educational Quality, Educational Change
He, Chuanjun; Yan, Chunmei – Teaching Education, 2011
This study examined the perspective of a cohort of 60 Chinese EFL pre-service teachers with regards to microteaching. Reflective paper writing was employed to explore the student teachers' perceptions of the experience. The study results show that microteaching was a useful tool for the pre-service teachers' professional development; however, the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Microteaching, Educational Experience
Yan, Chunmei; He, Chuanjun – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2010
This paper reports on a study of Chinese pre-service teachers' perceived problems in their teaching practicum. Reflective paper-writing was employed to investigate the views of 210 student teachers on an English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher education programme in Central China. The findings highlight six major problems. The paper points out…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Practicums, Foreign Countries
Yan, Chunmei – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2008
This paper reports on a study that examines decisive factors for longer-term sustainability of cross-cultural teacher training initiatives in China. It focuses on teacher trainees' perspectives of a Sino-British adult education English language teaching project based in Central China. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were employed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Inservice Teacher Education, Adult Education
Yan, Chunmei – Journal of In-service Education, 2005
This article aims to explore practical constraints that prevent teachers from participating in INSET courses for their continuing professional development. This study, from the course clients' perspectives, examines the points of view of the teacher trainees and administrators involved in a teacher-training course in China. Questionnaires and…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Professional Continuing Education
