Research Article

The reflective leg of an efl teacher’s journey

Number: 50 December 30, 2020
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The reflective leg of an efl teacher’s journey

Abstract

Reflection has a crucial role in learning to teach as a long developmental process. This case study focuses on the engagement of a teacher of English as a foreign language (EFL) in reflection. The teacher was engaged in a 12-week reflection process which included two-phase procedures repeated five times. The first phase of each procedure involved reflection on lexical problems through journals and peer discussions. The second was for reflection on classroom practice through journals and interviews. With a sequential exploratory mixed methods design, the study involved analysis of the teacher’s reflections first qualitatively and then quantitatively. The qualitative analysis was based on the taxonomies for descriptive and critical reflection presented in Ho and Richards (1993) and Farrell (1999). The quantitative side involved one-way goodness-of-fit chi-square test results. The results revealed that she referred to most of the topics in the taxonomy, and the top three were students’ problems, an approach/procedure, and positive evaluations of lessons. Overall, her critical reflection outnumbered her descriptive reflection, and was mostly related to evaluating teaching. The teacher also displayed development in the sense of critical reflectivity. All the quantitative analyses had statistically significant results. Globally, her reflection in journals, discussions, and interviews enabled her to respond to the context, engage in conscious deliberation, and integrate knowledge into the teaching act. In this way, the study is expected to contribute to the participant’s professional development.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Other Fields of Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 30, 2020

Submission Date

August 7, 2020

Acceptance Date

November 12, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Number: 50

APA
Mannasoğlu, H., & Baykal, N. (2020). The reflective leg of an efl teacher’s journey. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 50, 94-116. https://doi.org/10.48070/erusosbilder.778071
AMA
1.Mannasoğlu H, Baykal N. The reflective leg of an efl teacher’s journey. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2020;(50):94-116. doi:10.48070/erusosbilder.778071
Chicago
Mannasoğlu, Huriye, and Nazlı Baykal. 2020. “The Reflective Leg of an Efl Teacher’s Journey”. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, nos. 50: 94-116. https://doi.org/10.48070/erusosbilder.778071.
EndNote
Mannasoğlu H, Baykal N (December 1, 2020) The reflective leg of an efl teacher’s journey. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 50 94–116.
IEEE
[1]H. Mannasoğlu and N. Baykal, “The reflective leg of an efl teacher’s journey”, Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 50, pp. 94–116, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.48070/erusosbilder.778071.
ISNAD
Mannasoğlu, Huriye - Baykal, Nazlı. “The Reflective Leg of an Efl Teacher’s Journey”. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 50 (December 1, 2020): 94-116. https://doi.org/10.48070/erusosbilder.778071.
JAMA
1.Mannasoğlu H, Baykal N. The reflective leg of an efl teacher’s journey. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2020;:94–116.
MLA
Mannasoğlu, Huriye, and Nazlı Baykal. “The Reflective Leg of an Efl Teacher’s Journey”. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 50, Dec. 2020, pp. 94-116, doi:10.48070/erusosbilder.778071.
Vancouver
1.Huriye Mannasoğlu, Nazlı Baykal. The reflective leg of an efl teacher’s journey. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2020 Dec. 1;(50):94-116. doi:10.48070/erusosbilder.778071