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Teachers’ perception of learning organization culture in regards to teaching and learning practices in a private school in Turkey
Sarnel, Deni; Emil, Serap; Department of Educational Sciences (2019)
The purpose of this study is to gain insight into how private school teachers in Turkey perceive learning organization culture and how they reflect this concept to their teaching and learning practices. This research claims that; a school must understand and implement the five disciplines of a learning organization asserted by Peter Senge and leadership plays an essential role in creating and maintaining this culture. In-depth interviews with an open-ended structure were used to address the intended researc...
Teachers’ beliefs and practices of cultural content in the ELT classroom: A multifaceted analysis through the EIL lens
Kaça, Engin; Boyd, Scott H.; Department of English Language Teaching (2015-1)
The use of English as an international language (EIL) has profound implications for the representation of culture in English language teaching (ELT). The dominant representations of Anglo-American cultures in the classroom fail to serve the various needs of learners resulting from the globally diverse contexts where English is used to fulfill an array of functions. This brings about the need to include local and international perspectives of culture in teaching in order to promote a sphere of interculturali...
Teachers as investigators of students’ written work: Does this approach provide an opportunity for professional development?
Baş Ader, Sinem; Didiş Kabar, Makbule Gözde; Erbaş, Ayhan Kürşat; Çetinkaya, Bülent; Çakıroğlu, Erdinç; Alacacı, Cengiz (2013-02-06)
Middle East Technical University1 , Istanbul Medeniyet University2 The aim of the study was to examine how teachers’ investigation of students’ written works contributed to their professional development. The research was conducted at a public high school with the participation of six mathematics teachers and their students. The teachers have examined their students’ written works as products of their solutions for some modeling problems for 5-week period. The preliminary analyses showed that teachers’ coll...
Teachers’ Computer Self-Efficacy Scale: Development and Validation
ŞENDURUR, POLAT; Yıldırım, İbrahim Soner (2019-01-01)
The aim of the study is to develop a computer self-efficacy scale (CSES) to assess teachers’ computer self-efficacy beliefs in terms of technology integration. A valid and reliable instrument is a need for technology integration studies because computer self-efficacy has been shown as a generic variable in different technology adaptation studies. This scale provides with an alternative measurement for researchers through a major focus on technology integration related dimensions. 110 pre-service, and 115 i...
Teachers’ Commitment to Change: An Analysis with the Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction
Karakuş, Gülsüm Betül; Kondakçı, Yaşar; Department of Educational Administration and Planning (2022-9-2)
Change is inevitable in all evolving societies. Thus, it is accepted as a fact of life. The shutdown during the pandemic imposed by the coronavirus has been one of the latest changes that have impacted the whole world. This situation, of course, influenced the educational system. In line with the recent situations, this study examined teachers' commitment to the educational change they experienced during the pandemic and examined whether the Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction (IMBP) predicts teacher...
Citation Formats
E. Ufuktepe, F. Güler, and J. Çakıroğlu, “Teachers’ conceptions of STEM education,” presented at the European Educational Research Association (ECER), (22 - 25 Ağustos 2017), Copenhagen, Danimarka, 2017, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: http://www.eera-ecer.de/ecer-programmes/search-programmes/?tx_eerapubdb_pi15Bsword5D=tx_eerapubdb_pi15BctrlActionsearchForContribution5D=Searchtx_eerapubdb_pi15Bauthor5D=JaleCakiroglutx_eerapubdb_pi15Bpaperid5D=tx_eerapubdb_pi15BconferenceUid5D=22tx_eerapubdb_pi15BnetworkUid5D=id=422no_cache=1.
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