Beliefs, practices, and interactions of teachers in a Japanese high school English department |
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| Authors: | Kazuyoshi Sato Robert C Kleinsasser |
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| Institution: | aDepartment of English and Contemporary Society, School of Contemporary International Studies, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, 57 Takenoyama, Iwasaki, Nisshin, Aichi 470-0197, Japan;bDepartment of French, German, Russian, Spanish, and Applied Linguistics, School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia |
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| Abstract: | This study reveals the school culture and the teachers’ professional development activities in a Japanese high school learning environment. Furthermore, it documents the relationships among the context, teachers’ beliefs, practices, and interactions. Using multiple data sources including interviews, observations, and documents of teachers from an English department, this yearlong study revealed these English as a Foreign Language teachers lacked many teacher learning opportunities in their context. The study revealed that teacher collaboration only reinforced existing practices, eroding teachers’ motivation to learn to teach in this specific context. The study provides evidence to teacher educators about inservice teachers and their learning environment and the significance of the relationships between the two entities. |
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| Keywords: | School culture Beliefs Practices Interactions |
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