TITLE:
Needs of Training of Secondary School Teachers on the Framework of the National English Program of Basic Education
AUTHORS:
Jorge Mejía Bricaire, Edgar Oliver Cardoso Espinosa, María Trinidad Cerecedo Mercado, Fernando Briseño Hurtado, Joel García Mendoza
KEYWORDS:
Teacher Training, Secondary Education, English Language, Curriculum
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.5 No.11,
June
24,
2014
ABSTRACT: This paper discusses the high school teachers’ needs of training in the
framework of the National English Program in Basic Education (NEPBE). This
study aimed to evaluate perceptions of English teachers, in order to describe
the social context—culture in the framework of the implementation of the
programme. The methodology used was a non-experimental study of transverse type
and evaluative character. The sample consisted of 35 professors who carried out
the pilot study of the NEPBE in secondary general in the State of Mexico. The
instruments used were a questionnaire and an evaluation scale of Likert-type
whose application was done in December 2012. Among the main conclusions
obtained, it was found that teachers need to identify the subject curriculum standards,
they need to own an educational update in the creation of conducive learning
environments for English language teaching, and also it was perceived with difficulties
in students learning of English as a second language due to the lack of
materials and infrastructure.