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Evaluation of In-service Teacher Training Program in Iran: Focus on the Kirkpatrick Model

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  Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.26907/esd14.4.03
  Volume Number: 14 | Issue Number: 4 | Pages: 20 - 38
  Published: December 2019
  Article Keyword(s): EFL teachers, INSET courses, Kirkpatrick, program evaluation
  Article Author(s) - listed alphabetically: Gholam-Reza Abbasian, Maryam Mahmoodi, Mojgan Rashtchi
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This study investigated the effect of in-service education and training (INSET) courses on grade
11 EFL teachers’ knowledge base employing Kirkpatrick’s four-level (reaction, learning, behavior,
result) evaluation model (Kirkpatrick & Kirkpatrick, 2006). To this end, the researchers designed
a study at four stages. At the first stage, a standardized questionnaire, English language teachers’
knowledge base (ELTKB), was administered to thirty 11th grade teachers to examine their views
regarding the INSET classes (reaction). Then ten teachers were interviewed, and their classes were
observed to explore to what extent the INSET courses had affected teachers’ perceptions and actual
job performance (learning). In the next step, 126 students filled in the students’ questionnaire (SQ)
regarding their perception of their teachers’ teaching performance in the English classes before and
after their attendance in INSET classes. At the final stage, the performance of the 126 students on
a language proficiency test was measured to study to what extent their teachers’ performance had
affected their achievement. The result of the ELTKB questionnaire, SQ, interviews, and observations
revealed the beneficial role of INSET classes in teachers’ reaction, learning, and behavior. Moreover,
the result of the program was positive since grade 11 students’ language learning improved after their
teachers’ INSET class attendance. This program evaluation can be illuminating for stakeholders,
policymakers, and curriculum designers.

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assessment bibliometric analysis blended learning communication competence Covid-19 creativity critical thinking distance learning education educational environment educational process educational standard evaluation foreign language future teachers higher education identity inclusive education lifelong learning model motivation multicultural education non-formal education pedagogy personality professional competence professional development professional orientation psychological safety quality quality of education reading comprehension reflection self-assessment self-development students teacher teacher education teacher professional development teachers teacher training training upbringing values

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Albina R. Drozdikova-Zaripova Alena Hašková Andreja Istenic Starcic Andreja Istenič Anna I. Akhmetzyanova Anna Kobtseva Aydar Kalimullin Aydar M. Kalimullin Aydar Minimansurovich Kalimullin Balwant Singh Branka Radulović Daria Medvedeva Dinara Bisimbaeva Elena Ibragimova Evgeniya Shishova Evsyukova E.A. Fatemeh Khonamri Ian Menter Idiyatov I.E. Ilshat R. Gafurov Kadriya Shakirova Liliana Shakirova Lira V. Artishcheva Lyubov A. Kochemasova Martina Pavlikova Mourat Tchoshanov Musa Nushi Natalya N. Kalatskaya Nick Rushby Oksana Kozhevnikova Olga K. Evdokimova Rezeda M. Khusainova Roza A. Valeeva Roza Valeeva Rushby N.J Tatiana Baklashova Valerian Faritovich Gabdulchakov Venera Zakirova Vera K. Vlasova Vera Khotinets Vera Vlasova Violeta Rosanda Vsevolod V. Andreev Yulia Novgorodova Zdenka Gadušová

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