An investigation on Turkish EFL Majoring Students’ Unethical Behaviors

Yıl 2018, Cilt: 26 Sayı: 5, 1785 - 1792, 15.09.2018

Muzaffer Barın Turgay Han Nilüfer Aybirdi

https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.3185

Cited By: 1

Öz

Much research has investigated plagiarism in different educational contexts; however, very little research has investigated English-as-a-foreign language students’ ethic from gender and impression management perspectives in Turkish EFL context. Academic dishonesty scale, impression management scale, and personal attributes questionnaire were used to collect data. This survey investigates Turkish EFL-majoring students’ attitudes towards academic behaviors, impression management, and psychological gender. Data were collected from 285 EFL majoring students from 3 state universities in Turkey. The results of this present study showed that first, all students have a moderate level of cheating behavior, they have varying level of beliefs about cheating behavior, there are no significant cheating behavior differences by gender. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

ethical behaviors, EFL learners, plagiary, university students, academic dishonesty

İngilizceyi Yabancı Dil Olarak Öğrenen Türk Öğrencilerin Etik Olmayan Davranışları Üzerine Bir Araştırma

Öz

Birçok bilimsel çalışma aşırmacılık konusunu farklı eğitim bağlamlarında araştırmıştır. Ancak, çok az sayıda araştırma  yabancı dil olarak İngilizce öğrenen Türk öğrencilerin etik anlayışını cinsiyet ve izlenim yönetimi perspektiflerinden araştırmıştır. Verilerin toplanması için akademik aldatma ölçeği, izlenim yönetimi ölçeği ve kişisel nitelikler anketi kullanılmıştır. Bu araştırma, İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen Türk öğrencilerinin akademik davranışlara, izlenim yönetimine ve psikolojik cinsiyete yönelik tutumlarını araştırmaktadır. Veriler, Türkiye’deki üç devlet üniversitesinden yabancı dil olarak İngilizce bölümlerine devam eden 285 öğrenciden toplanmıştır. Sonuçlar, öğrencelerin  orta düzeyde aldatma davranışı sergilediği, farklı düzeylerde aldatmaya yönelik inançlarının olduğunu ve cinsiyete göre anlamlı bir farklılığı olmadığını göstermiştir. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

etik davranışlar, YDİ öğrenenler, intihal, üniversite öğrencileri, akademik sahtekârlık

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