Postgraduate EFL Students' Perspectives on Promoting Effective Education for Sustainable Development
Wafa’ A. Hazaymeh
,
Abdellateef Alqawasmi
,
Azhar Shater
,
Asma’a Almahdawi
,
Ibtehal Mahmoud Aburezeq
,
Fawzi F. Dweikat
The aim of this study is to investigate how postgraduate English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students perceive the impact of the Postgraduate Professi.
- Pub. date: July 15, 2025
- Online Pub. date: May 25, 2025
- Pages: 889-900
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Abstract:
The aim of this study is to investigate how postgraduate English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students perceive the impact of the Postgraduate Professional Diploma in Teaching program on promoting effective education for sustainable development (ESD). The study employed a descriptive approach, involving 228 participants. The study employed a 28-item questionnaire, and the data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics software. The findings suggest that participants believe the program employs strategic actions and policies to achieve its long-term development goals for effective English teaching. The results also showed that participants place a high value on the program because it encourages innovative efforts to enhance the quality of learning, provides them with a range of assessment tools to help teach English effectively in the long term, and offers students opportunities to practice feedback techniques that enhance learning in the classroom. Furthermore, because participants were exposed to a pre-service training program in an effective manner, the results demonstrated statistically significant differences among participants regarding the program's impact on promoting effective ESD based on the study's variables. According to the study, it is also necessary to incorporate sustainable development concerns into English instruction and provide participants with information about the benefits of sustainable development.
Keywords: Effective education, students' perspectives, sustainable development.
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