KORUMAZ, Mithat Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü, Turkey , ÖZKILIÇ, Rüçhan Uludağ Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü, Turkey

Investigation of EFL teachers’ attitudes towards reflective teaching

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The study aims to investigate the attitudes of EFL teachers’ towards reflective teaching. This study is predicated on a descriptive survey of quantitative research designs, sample of which consists of 106 EFL teachers from different 25 state schools in Bursa. For the collection of data, Reflective Teaching Attitude Scale, developed by Akbari, Bahzaadpoor and Dadvand is used. The results adresses both for individual and organizational variables. As a result it is clearly indicated that teacher’s attitudes are quite positive. By the way female teachers have more positive attitudes than males significantly. But other individual and organizational variables are not significant ones for the attitudes towards reflective teaching for EFL teachers. In the light of the result of the study it is highly recommended that teachers’ knowledge should be raised by the school leaders for their professional development. Another aspect of the study needs to be recommended that studies for deeper understanding should be conducted by the researchers from different disciplines

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Reflective teaching , professional development , attitudes , EFL teachers

Journal Of Educational Sciences

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