Research Article

Teaching Through Crisis: ELT Educators’ Resilience After the February 6, 2023 Earthquakes

Volume: 9 Number: 20 April 30, 2025
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Teaching Through Crisis: ELT Educators’ Resilience After the February 6, 2023 Earthquakes

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to examine the professional resilience of instructors working at Mustafa Kemal University in Hatay, the city most devastated by the February 6, 2023 Earthquakes in Türkiye, which are described as the Disaster of the Century, and contributes to the discussions on teacher resilience in higher education institutions by understanding how instructors continue their professions in such a crisis situation. The study was designed as a qualitative study. The sample of the study was six lecturers and this sample was selected using the convenience sampling method. Semi-structured interviews were used as data collection tools and the data were analysed using thematic analysis method. As a result of the study, instructors experienced psychological, emotional, physical, housing problems and lack of hardware during the post-disaster teaching period, but despite these difficulties, they developed teaching resilience.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Psychological Foundations of Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

April 30, 2025

Submission Date

March 10, 2025

Acceptance Date

April 14, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 9 Number: 20

APA
Aykut, N. (2025). Teaching Through Crisis: ELT Educators’ Resilience After the February 6, 2023 Earthquakes. Disiplinlerarası Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 9(20), 114-123. https://doi.org/10.57135/jier.1654953
AMA
1.Aykut N. Teaching Through Crisis: ELT Educators’ Resilience After the February 6, 2023 Earthquakes. JIER. 2025;9(20):114-123. doi:10.57135/jier.1654953
Chicago
Aykut, Nazlı. 2025. “Teaching Through Crisis: ELT Educators’ Resilience After the February 6, 2023 Earthquakes”. Disiplinlerarası Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi 9 (20): 114-23. https://doi.org/10.57135/jier.1654953.
EndNote
Aykut N (April 1, 2025) Teaching Through Crisis: ELT Educators’ Resilience After the February 6, 2023 Earthquakes. Disiplinlerarası Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi 9 20 114–123.
IEEE
[1]N. Aykut, “Teaching Through Crisis: ELT Educators’ Resilience After the February 6, 2023 Earthquakes”, JIER, vol. 9, no. 20, pp. 114–123, Apr. 2025, doi: 10.57135/jier.1654953.
ISNAD
Aykut, Nazlı. “Teaching Through Crisis: ELT Educators’ Resilience After the February 6, 2023 Earthquakes”. Disiplinlerarası Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi 9/20 (April 1, 2025): 114-123. https://doi.org/10.57135/jier.1654953.
JAMA
1.Aykut N. Teaching Through Crisis: ELT Educators’ Resilience After the February 6, 2023 Earthquakes. JIER. 2025;9:114–123.
MLA
Aykut, Nazlı. “Teaching Through Crisis: ELT Educators’ Resilience After the February 6, 2023 Earthquakes”. Disiplinlerarası Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 9, no. 20, Apr. 2025, pp. 114-23, doi:10.57135/jier.1654953.
Vancouver
1.Nazlı Aykut. Teaching Through Crisis: ELT Educators’ Resilience After the February 6, 2023 Earthquakes. JIER. 2025 Apr. 1;9(20):114-23. doi:10.57135/jier.1654953

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