| Title: | English teaching update available: a study on online EFL educators : magistrsko delo |
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| Authors: | ID Benković, Andreja (Author)
ID Plemenitaš, Katja (Mentor) More about this mentor... 
ID Hempkin, Kirsten (Comentor) |
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| Files: |  MAG_Benkovic_Andreja_2021.pdf (1,88 MB)
MD5: 0DA42E3478BA2B082693E19ABF5B5E5A
PID: 20.500.12556/dkum/9efbadb6-a290-4d13-8d4a-703bddc82a66
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Master's thesis/paper |
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| Typology: | 2.09 - Master's Thesis |
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| Organization: | FF - Faculty of Arts
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| Abstract: | The master’s thesis explores the north-Croatian teachers’ readiness for teaching online. With technology slowly, but steadily, taking over everyday actions, it was only a matter of time when it would take over education. With March 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, technology was the safest way of conducting lessons and was instantaneously implemented into education. This master’s thesis aims to determine how English teachers in the three northernmost Croatian counties managed the new challenge. Specifically, it tests factors that influenced their e-readiness through 7 hypotheses. The research is based on questionnaire results – the questionnaire was sent to 86 primary schools, 30 secondary schools and 11 private language schools in Međimurje county, Varaždin county and Koprivnica-Križevci county via email with a request to forward it to their English teachers. Analysing responses with quantitative research methods, the study showed that factors such as age, gender and professional development influence teachers’ e-readiness, while there were no differences among the three counties. Furthermore, the results revealed that the teachers generally feel ready for conducting online lessons, although Gay’s questionnaire on Carribean teachers’ online teaching readiness proved otherwise. Interestingly, some of the teachers did have online teaching experience prior to the pandemic, which along with organized professional development offered to them, helped them feel ready to teach online. Ultimately, teachers are better prepared to teach online than they were prior to the pandemic; however, there is still a lot of room for improvement. |
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| Keywords: | Keywords: Croatian English teachers, online education, technical readiness, lifestyle readiness, pedagogical readiness, questionnaire by Glenda H. E. Gay |
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| Place of publishing: | Maribor |
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| Place of performance: | Maribor |
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| Publisher: | [A. Benković] |
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| Year of publishing: | 2021 |
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| Number of pages: | 1 spletni vir (1 datoteka PDF (XIV, 100 str.)) |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-80907 |
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| UDC: | 811.111:37.018.43(043.2) |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 87625987 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 03.12.2021 |
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| Views: | 997 |
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| Downloads: | 71 |
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| Categories: | FF
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