Determining the Levels of Deconstructive Critical Inquiry Among Pre-Service English Language Teachers

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the deconstructive critical inquiry levels among pre-service English language teachers. The research is descriptive in nature. Given that the aim was to assess the critical inquiry levels of English language teacher candidates, a quantitative research technique was employed. To this end, Anuar and Sidhu's (2017) The Critical Inquiry Scale was administered to 92 pre-service English language teachers whose ages varied between 18 and 23. A t-test was conducted to explore the gender differences while an ANOVA test was applied to assess the class-related variables. The study determined that there were no significant differences based on gender or class, and the inquiry levels of the pre-service English language teachers was quite high.

Keywords

• Critical thinking
• Deconstruction
• Pre-service language teachers

Supporting Institution

This study was prepared within the scope of TUBITAK 2209 (Project No: 1919B012314061) project.

Project Number

This study was prepared within the scope of TUBITAK 2209 (Project No: 1919B012314061) project.

Ethical Statement

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest in this study. RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION ETHICS STATEMENT The authors declare that research and publication ethics are followed in this study. The necessary permission to conduct the study was obtained from Human Reseacrh Educational Sciences Ethics Committee of Dokuz Eylül University (02/04/2024-21). AUTHOR LIABILITY STATEMENT The authors declare that the “Conceptual Framework, Research, Post Draft, Review and Editing, Visualization” part of this study were done by Lecturer Dilay Turalı, “Conceptual Framework, Research, Post Draft, Review and Editing, Visualization” part of this study were done by Ece Naz EBE and “Conceptual Framework, Method Design, Post Draft, Review and Editing” part of this work was done by Prof. Dr. Feryal ÇUBUKÇU.

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