A study of the effects of models of teacher education and professional development in elt on practising and prospective teachers of English at universities

The purpose of this study is to determine serving or practising teachers?satisfaction with their initial or pre-service teacher education they have received atuniversities and also their attitudes towards teacher learning or development.There is a great wave of educational change all over the world. Yet, it isdebatable whether or not there is much progress in ELT in Turkey and we cankeep up with the latest developments and innovations in this field.Experts hold pre-service or initial teacher education and teachers?attitudes towards professional development responsible for failure. This has beenproved to be right in the questionnaire conducted.The research was carried out in two phases. First, theory on secondlanguage teacher education, models of initial teacher education, pre-serviceteacher education curriculum and professional development, professionalism, in-service teacher education, models of teacher learning was defined. Then, aquestionnaire in which 250 instructors of English from 17 state and foundationuniversities were asked about pre-service education and professional developmentwas conducted at universities as a research method so as to prove hypotheses. Theinformation compiled was examined and analysed, using the SPSS 11.5 statisticalsoftware.In the light of this study, new contributions may be made to foreignlanguage teacher education and teacher learning. For example, constructiveteacher education model should be adopted and widely applied in pre-serviceeducation of student teachers at universities. Also, a new teacher educationsyllabus or curriculum, which is person-centred, has been proposed. Also, on thepart of serving teachers, enquiry-based teacher development models likereflective learning or inquiry learning as well as life-long learning should besupported for professional development.