A Survey on Knowledge, Dispositions, and Performances of Pre-service EFL Teacher Training Programs in Iran

摘要

This study was taken under the form of survey research that yielded descriptive information about English teachers’ knowledge, dispositions, and performances. Three questionnaires of 34, 37, and 52 items consisting of INTASC model standards were administered to 147 teachers in a five- levelLikertscale in three successive sessions, each lasting an hour. The means of English teachers’ knowledge, disposition, and performance scores were 3.27, 3.68, and 3.73 out of 5. So, pre-service English teacher training programs in Iran train knowledgeable and disposed teachers practically. Strong and weak points and the related INTASC principles were analyzed at the end.