Research Article
Teaching in the 21st century: Do the Experienced EFL teachers have positive attitudes toward Post-method Pedagogy ?
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.28-9-2019.2291018, author={Titin Indriati and Pangesti Wiedarti}, title={Teaching in the 21st century: Do the Experienced EFL teachers have positive attitudes toward Post-method Pedagogy ? }, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education, ICE 2019, 27-28 September 2019, Universitas Muhammadiyah Purworejo, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICE}, year={2020}, month={2}, keywords={efl teachers attitude post-method pedagogy}, doi={10.4108/eai.28-9-2019.2291018} }- Titin Indriati
Pangesti Wiedarti
Year: 2020
Teaching in the 21st century: Do the Experienced EFL teachers have positive attitudes toward Post-method Pedagogy ?
ICE
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.28-9-2019.2291018
Abstract
The study aimed at describing EFL teachers’ attitudes towards post-method pedagogy. Post-method pedagogy which was proposed by Kumaravadivelu has offered the teachers the freedom to create innovations in teaching which suit the actual classroom. This study was quantitative research. Fifty-five of experienced English teachers at state junior high schools were selected as participants. The instruments used in the study were paper-based questionnaires (in a 1-4 rating scale). The data obtained from the questionnaires were analyzed quantitatively through the SPSS 20 to measure descriptive and inferential statistics. The results revealed that the the mean score for overall teachers’ attitudes was 3.31 which pointed out the EFL teachers had positive attitude towards post-method pedagogy. On the whole, post-method pedagogy, which comes as the alternative to methods, is perceived by the English teachers could facilitate the teachers in constructing theories and practices based on the real classroom condition.