چکیده:
In the available teacher development literature, the linkage between teaching experience, as one the crucial factors in teacher development (Tsui, 2005), and English teachers’ job performance with regard to gender differences has remainwidely underexplored. To fill up this lacuna, this study investigated whether there was any significant correlation between Iranian English teachers’ years of experience and their job performance as well as how teaching experience can impact the job performance from the participants’ viewpoints. To meet the aims, 100male and female English teachers were selected through convenience sampling approach in Loestan Province, Iran. To gauge the participants’ job performance, they completed a validated questionnaire developed by Moafian and Pishghadam (2009) and 20 teacherswere invited to participate in semi-structured interviews. Their years of experience were requested. The findings indicated that there was a significant correlation between teaching experience and teachers’ job performance. In addition, it was found that there was not any statistically significant difference between the Iranian male and female English teachers’ job performance. Meanwhile, the results of the interviews unraveled that teaching experience can affect positively job performance from the participants’ perspectives.Finally, the implications for educational policy makers, teacher educators, and teachers were presented and discussed.
خلاصه ماشینی:
1Abdullah Sarani 2Afshin Rezaee* ID: IJEAP-1805-1209 Abstract In the available teacher development literature, the linkage between teaching experience, as one the crucial factors in teacher development (Tsui, 2005), and English teachers’ job performance with regard to gender differences has remainwidely underexplored.
As it can be inferred from the above studies, there has been paucity of research regarding the importance and linkage of language teaching experience, as a key factor in teacher developmen t, and job performance among English teachers.
Furthermore, an attempt is made to examine if there is any statistically significant difference between male and female English language teachers’ job performance in the Iranian context.
Is there any significant correlation between teaching experience and job performance in Iranian English teachers?
Results of the Pilot Study {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} The first research question explored whether there is any statistical significant correlation between teaching experience and job performance among Iranian English teachers.
Finally, the third research question explored how teaching experience can affect the job performance from the English teachers’ perspectives.
One of the teachers interviewed asserted, “I think that there exists a direct and positive relationship between teaching experience and English teachers’ job performance in the Iranian context.
The first research question explored whether there is any significant correlation between teaching experience and job performance of the Iranian E glish teachers.
The third research question investigated how teaching experience can affect the job performance from the English teachers’ perspectives.