Implementing Small Group Instruction among Novice Teachers in Their First Year of Teaching

Small group instruction is perceived as an opportunity to provide a supportive learning environment that can enable schools to reach their educational aims in individualized ways. As part of an educational reform, all schools in Israel are obliged to implement small group instruction within the school curriculum. Novice teachers in their first year of teaching are part of the school staff from day one; therefore, they have to implement small group instruction in their teaching. Our objective is to present the results of research which aimed to clarify how novice Physical Education and EFL teachers understand and implement these individualized teaching hours and programs as they enter teaching in their first year, and what teacher education programs can do to enhance this process. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.