Continuous Professional Development and Work Conditions for English-Language Teaching Practitioners in Ireland: Where do we go from here?
In Ireland, English-language schools have historically constituted a lucrative sector for their owners and the Irish exchequer. However, teachers of English as a foreign language have not reaped financial rewards on an equitable scale. Two online surveys were conducted in 2020 and 2021 to ascertain...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Technological University Dublin
2023-06-01
|
| Series: | Irish Journal of Academic Practice |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijap/vol11/iss1/1 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1850116314945814528 |
|---|---|
| author | Deborah Tobin Cathryn Bennett |
| author_facet | Deborah Tobin Cathryn Bennett |
| author_sort | Deborah Tobin |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | In Ireland, English-language schools have historically constituted a lucrative sector for their owners and the Irish exchequer. However, teachers of English as a foreign language have not reaped financial rewards on an equitable scale. Two online surveys were conducted in 2020 and 2021 to ascertain teachers’ attitudes to continuous professional development and to their workplace conditions in privately-run schools. Findings from both surveys reflect a highly skilled, highly qualified and highly motivated cohort with a strong commitment to engaging in continuous professional development and a keen sense of their own professionalism. However, this was not found to be reflected in their work conditions. The results raise integral questions on stakeholder status. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-4f0f89e283694c4db2c38ce32071e5f5 |
| institution | OA Journals |
| issn | 2009-7387 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2023-06-01 |
| publisher | Technological University Dublin |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Irish Journal of Academic Practice |
| spelling | doaj-art-4f0f89e283694c4db2c38ce32071e5f52025-08-20T02:36:22ZengTechnological University DublinIrish Journal of Academic Practice2009-73872023-06-0111110.21427/ZD9F-BB24Continuous Professional Development and Work Conditions for English-Language Teaching Practitioners in Ireland: Where do we go from here?Deborah Tobin0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5906-0356Cathryn Bennett1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0074-9594Mary Immaculate CollegeTrinity College DublinIn Ireland, English-language schools have historically constituted a lucrative sector for their owners and the Irish exchequer. However, teachers of English as a foreign language have not reaped financial rewards on an equitable scale. Two online surveys were conducted in 2020 and 2021 to ascertain teachers’ attitudes to continuous professional development and to their workplace conditions in privately-run schools. Findings from both surveys reflect a highly skilled, highly qualified and highly motivated cohort with a strong commitment to engaging in continuous professional development and a keen sense of their own professionalism. However, this was not found to be reflected in their work conditions. The results raise integral questions on stakeholder status.https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijap/vol11/iss1/1irish english-language teaching (elt) practitionerscontinuous professional development (cpd)motivationwork conditions |
| spellingShingle | Deborah Tobin Cathryn Bennett Continuous Professional Development and Work Conditions for English-Language Teaching Practitioners in Ireland: Where do we go from here? Irish Journal of Academic Practice irish english-language teaching (elt) practitioners continuous professional development (cpd) motivation work conditions |
| title | Continuous Professional Development and Work Conditions for English-Language Teaching Practitioners in Ireland: Where do we go from here? |
| title_full | Continuous Professional Development and Work Conditions for English-Language Teaching Practitioners in Ireland: Where do we go from here? |
| title_fullStr | Continuous Professional Development and Work Conditions for English-Language Teaching Practitioners in Ireland: Where do we go from here? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Continuous Professional Development and Work Conditions for English-Language Teaching Practitioners in Ireland: Where do we go from here? |
| title_short | Continuous Professional Development and Work Conditions for English-Language Teaching Practitioners in Ireland: Where do we go from here? |
| title_sort | continuous professional development and work conditions for english language teaching practitioners in ireland where do we go from here |
| topic | irish english-language teaching (elt) practitioners continuous professional development (cpd) motivation work conditions |
| url | https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijap/vol11/iss1/1 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT deborahtobin continuousprofessionaldevelopmentandworkconditionsforenglishlanguageteachingpractitionersinirelandwheredowegofromhere AT cathrynbennett continuousprofessionaldevelopmentandworkconditionsforenglishlanguageteachingpractitionersinirelandwheredowegofromhere |