İngilizce Öğretmenlerinin Çok Kültürlü ve Eşitlikçi İnançlarına İlişkin Korelasyonel Bir Çalışma

Year 2025, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 909 - 933, 29.10.2025

Mehtap Şahin Çağla Atmaca

https://doi.org/10.31464/jlere.1661310

Abstract

Bu ilişkisel araştırma, İngilizce öğretmenlerinin çok kültürlü ve eşitlikçi eğitime ilişkin görüşleri ile demografik değişkenler arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Nicel veriler Türkçe 'ye uyarlanmış olan Öğretmen Kültürel İnançları Ölçeği ile toplanmıştır. Çalışma 2023-2024 eğitim öğretim yılında Türkiye'deki devlet okullarında çalışan 211 İngilizce öğretmeni ile yürütülmüştür Bulgular, öğretmenlerin çok kültürlü ve eşitlikçi görüşleri yüksek seviyede desteklediğini ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca katılımcıların çok kültürlülük ve eşitlikçilik hakkındaki görüşleri ile demografik değişkenleri (cinsiyet, yaş, öğretmenlik deneyimi, eğitim düzeyi, kurum türü, hizmet öncesi eğitim ve hizmet içi eğitim) arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark bulunmamıştır. İlgili eğitsel etkiler tartışılmaktadır.

Keywords

Çok Kültürlü İnançlar , eşitlikiçi inançlar , öğretmen görüşleri , İngilizce öğretmeni eğitimi

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A Correlational Study on Multicultural and Egalitarian Beliefs of English Teachers

Abstract

This correlational study aims to investigate the relationship between the demographic variables and beliefs of English teachers regarding multicultural and egalitarian education. The quantitative data were collected with the Teacher Cultural Beliefs Scale adapted into Turkish. The study was conducted with 211 English teachers working in public schools in Turkey during the 2023-2024 academic year. The findings revealed that the teachers strongly supported multicultural and egalitarian beliefs. Additionally, there was no statistically significant difference between multicultural and egalitarian beliefs of the participants and their demographic variables (i.e., gender, age, teaching experience, educational level, institution type, pre-service training and in-service training). Further educational implications are discussed.

Keywords

multicultural education , egalitarian education , teacher beliefs , English teacher education

Ethical Statement

*This study was adapted from the first author’s master’s thesis titled “Multicultural and egalitarian beliefs and practices of Turkish EFL teachers” and published in 2024. **For ethical considerations, official permission from the Social and Human Sciences Ethics Committee of the Pamukkale University where the researcher was a master student, was obtained (Dated: 09.08.2023, Numbered: 16-4/ 68282350/2023/16). In addition, the required permission to conduct this study in Turkish Elementary, Secondary and High Schools was obtained from Denizli Provincial Directorate of National Education (Dated: 20.10.23, Numbered: E-16605029-44-87710380). Specifically, the participation in this study was purely on voluntary basis and consent of the participating teachers was obtained via consent forms. ***The authors declare that no AI tool was used in the production of this study.

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The authors declare that the study was not funded by any project or institutions.

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