Interactive Decision Making Processes of Teachers of English at Public Schools

2014-05-01
Çimen, Şeyda Selen
Karaman, Abdullah Cendel
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The purpose of this study was to investigate how foreign language teachers at public schools framed their interactive decision making processes in instruction. We studied interactive decision-making strategies and principles of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) with qualitative research methods. The focal participants were four EFL teachers from public high schools in a city in Central Turkey. Data were collected during a focus group interview which targeted a natural discussion on instructional practices among teachers. Data analysis involved transcription, coding, and identification of emergent themes. We found that the teachers primarily refer to class management, facilitation, guidance, rapport, and unpredictability while discussing decision-making processes
Decision-making, Interactive decisions, Strategies, Principles
https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/muefd/issue/19661/209890
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/73562
https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/muefd/issue/19661/209890
Muğla Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
Department of Foreign Language Education, Article

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Ş. S. Çimen and A. C. Karaman, “Interactive Decision Making Processes of Teachers of English at Public Schools,” Muğla Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, pp. 22–33, 2014, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/muefd/issue/19661/209890.
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