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Research on effective teacher education, which has been in the field literature for years, has newly shifted its focus to teacher educators. In order to see the challenges experienced by Turkish EFL teacher educators actively working in Turkey, the underlying reasons for these challenges, and the strategies applied in overcoming these challenges, 35 voluntary teacher educators comprised the purposive sample of this research. For the qualitative analysis of this phenomenological study, content analysis was carried with a questionnaire consisting of open-ended questions and semi-structured interviews. According to the research results, it was revealed that teacher educators had challenges at the beginning of their careers, mostly in instructional strategies, yet managing extra responsibilities has been an ongoing challenge for them throughout their careers. While lack of support and teaching experience were found as the underlying reasons, the teacher educators reportedly used consultation and research as supporting strategies. |
