PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ENGLISH TEACHER ́S PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN HIGH SCHOOL

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.5502521102

• Palavras-chave: high school teachers, students’ behavior, perceptions, private and public sector, teachers ‘role.

• Keywords: profesores de secundaria, comportamiento de los estudiantes, percepciones, sector privado y público, papel de los docentes.

• Abstract: Teaching English as a foreign language has taken an important place in the education programs of public and private institutions in Mexico. The main objective of this paper is to explore the perceptions that English teachers have of teaching English in the private and public sector. The importance of this research is to be aware of the opinions and perceptions that teachers have regarding their teaching experience in either public and private sectors, and how EFL teachers appreciate their own teaching development. Then, knowing this, it could help to identify the strengths and weaknesses they notice in their students. The inquiry took place in four different high schools, two from the private sector and two from the public. The participants were four English teachers, two from private schools and two from public schools. There were some considerations that were considered to choose the participants, for example their teaching experience and their qualifications to get more objective and standardized information regarding their personal perceptions. The length of this study lasted 7 months. The method used in this study has the characteristic of a qualitative research. Some observations were carried out before interviewing teachers as well as open-ended research questions. Four categories emerged from the data:1) teachers’ perception; negative and positive, 2) teachers’ development including the motivation they have, 3) teachers working conditions and 4) the positive and negative challenges teachers face in the classroom.