The relationship between the EFL teachers pre-service education and their satisfaction of the in-service teacher education programs

In-service EFL teacher education programs are assumed to be of crucial importance in upgrading teachers methodologies and gearing their teaching more closely to the students needs. Therefore, a dynamic in-service program for EFL teachers is needed to keep abreast of the time.The present study aims to investigate the relationship between the EFL teachers pre-service education and their satisfaction of the in-service teacher education programs in Zanjan city. 200 EFL teachers from Zanjan province (1 &2 districts) were participated in this study.The data collected through the Course-evaluation questionnaire with five-level Likert scale . The results were analyzed through both descriptive and inferential statistics.The findings showed that There is no significant difference between the EFL teachers pre-service education and their satisfaction of the in-service teacher education programs.

کلیدواژه ها:

In-service Teacher Training ، Pre-service Teacher Training ، Teacher Education ، Teacher Training