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标题：A Tale of English Polytechnic Lecturers’ Decision Making
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作者：Suhaily Abdullah ; Faizah Abd Majid
期刊名称：Dinamika Ilmu
印刷版ISSN：1411-3031
电子版ISSN：2442-9651
出版年度：2016
卷号：16
期号：1
页码：135-147
DOI：10.21093/di.v16i1.436
语种：English
出版社：Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Samarinda
摘要：Teacher decision making involves a selection of options that leads to thinking processes,underlying teaching in language classroom contexts.Due to this,as a small part of an on-going postgraduate research,this exploratory case study shares the initial findings on the lecturers’ decision-making effects on their classroom orientation.Four lecturers in a local polytechnic were purposively selected as research participants.The primary data was collected through nonparticipatory classroom observations.Manual constant comparative analysis across the cases was run to obtain the results.Later,the results were triangulated with the responses from informal semi-structured interviews and reflective journal entries.The qualitative analysis revealed that participants did share a similar teaching pattern,i.e.active teaching.The participants employed learner-focused-orientation approach as their common teaching practice.They worked on their planning decisions as well as their interactive decisions in order to harmonize their teachings to students’ response,proficiency,and attitude.This finding informs some instructional concerns regarding language teaching and learning process in polytechnics’ context (as a Technical and Vocational Education and Training,or TVET,higher education institution in Malaysia) to other English educators in different types and levels of learning institutions.
关键词：decision making;language teaching;TVET institution;polytechnic lecturers