摘要：This study explored the perceptions of teacher educators regarding the changes in the English
Language Teacher Education Program introduced by the Turkish Higher Education Council (HEC) in 2006.
Employing a qualitative design, open-ended questionnaires were administered to 18 lecturers working at five
different state universities. The analysis of the data yielded that while teacher educators found some of the
changes appropriate, such as the addition of some courses, they raised far more serious concerns with the new
program regarding the sequence, content, structure, procedure and removal of courses. In addition, the top-down
and centralized program restructuring movement, disregarding the opinions, experiences and the practices of the
end users of the program, such as teacher educators, teachers and teacher trainees, was also criticized heavily by
the participants.
关键词：Teacher training; innovation; improvement; program evaluation
