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Emerging Research Efficacy Through Scaffolded Research Practice: An EFL Preservice Teacher Autobiographical Narrative

  • Yuting Han

    Yuting Han is an English teacher in Shenzhen Guanlan No. 2 Middle School. She is also a Master from School of Foreign Languages, Central China Normal University. Her research efforts have focused on English teacher professional development.

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Abstract

EFL preservice teachers ’ research efficacy, as perceived competence to perform tasks in research, is crucial to their research engagement. This autobiographical narrative inquiry investigates the contribution of scaffolded research practice to a female EFL preservice teacher ’ s research efficacy. The data were collected through conversations, notes, journals, and portfolios. The findings suggest that teacher research efficacy was pliable through scaffolded research practice. It emerged gradually over time, in different places with social and personal interaction. The factors contributing to the emerging research efficacy were: teacher educators ’ support, peers ’ support, and research participation. The study sheds light on teacher educators and EFL preservice teachers, with the intention of establishing an inquiry-based pedagogy for M.Ed. programs.

About the author

Yuting Han

Yuting Han is an English teacher in Shenzhen Guanlan No. 2 Middle School. She is also a Master from School of Foreign Languages, Central China Normal University. Her research efforts have focused on English teacher professional development.

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Acknowledgments

The research design in this paper was with the great help of Professor Chunmei Yan, my supervisor in the School of Foreign Languages of Central China Normal University.

Published Online: 2021-04-20
Published in Print: 2021-03-26

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