Pre-service teachers’ language mindset and its impact on the engagement and persistence in their language pedagogical studies a study conducted in EFL teacher education in Finland

In the mindset research field, pre-service teachers’ mindsets are understudied. Their beliefs about the malleability of their English as a Foreign Language (EFL) ability (that it is a predetermined trait – fixed language mindset (FLM), a changeable trait – growth language mindset (GLM) or an interme...

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Main Author: Perera, Sonali
Other Authors: Faculty of Education and Psychology, Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta, Department of Education, Kasvatustieteiden laitos, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2024
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title Pre-service teachers’ language mindset and its impact on the engagement and persistence in their language pedagogical studies : a study conducted in EFL teacher education in Finland
title_full Pre-service teachers’ language mindset and its impact on the engagement and persistence in their language pedagogical studies : a study conducted in EFL teacher education in Finland
title_fullStr Pre-service teachers’ language mindset and its impact on the engagement and persistence in their language pedagogical studies : a study conducted in EFL teacher education in Finland Pre-service teachers’ language mindset and its impact on the engagement and persistence in their language pedagogical studies : a study conducted in EFL teacher education in Finland
title_full_unstemmed Pre-service teachers’ language mindset and its impact on the engagement and persistence in their language pedagogical studies : a study conducted in EFL teacher education in Finland Pre-service teachers’ language mindset and its impact on the engagement and persistence in their language pedagogical studies : a study conducted in EFL teacher education in Finland
title_short Pre-service teachers’ language mindset and its impact on the engagement and persistence in their language pedagogical studies
title_sort pre service teachers language mindset and its impact on the engagement and persistence in their language pedagogical studies a study conducted in efl teacher education in finland
title_sub a study conducted in EFL teacher education in Finland
title_txtP Pre-service teachers’ language mindset and its impact on the engagement and persistence in their language pedagogical studies : a study conducted in EFL teacher education in Finland
topic language mindset engagement persistence EFL pedagogical studies Master's Degree Programme in Education 102 korrelaatio englannin kieli kieltenopettajat opettajat opettajankoulutus opetus opiskelijat oppiminen kieli ja kielet correlation English language language teachers teachers teacher training teaching and instruction students learning languages
topic_facet 102 EFL pedagogical studies English language Master's Degree Programme in Education correlation engagement englannin kieli kieli ja kielet kieltenopettajat korrelaatio language mindset language teachers languages learning opettajankoulutus opettajat opetus opiskelijat oppiminen persistence students teacher training teachers teaching and instruction
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