Research Article

An Evaluation of Professional Development Perception and Participation among Teachers of Turkish as a Second or Foreign Language

Number: 42 December 25, 2019
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An Evaluation of Professional Development Perception and Participation among Teachers of Turkish as a Second or Foreign Language

Abstract

This study investigated the professional development practices and obstacles that teachers of Turkish as a foreign language perceive as the reasons for preventing their participation in development activities. The study also aimed to find out how a professional development activity prepared in line with the teachers’ needs affected their perceptions of professional development. Participants of the study were 160 Turkish as a foreign language teachers. Data were first investigated through a questionnaire. Then, 15 teachers were interviewed in focus groups randomly selected from Turkish teaching centers (TÖMER) in Ankara. After these interviews, a seminar was prepared in line with the professional development needs of the volunteer participants to understand how a professional development activity, prepared according to the needs of the teachers affected their perceptions of professional development activities. The results indicated that teachers have a positive perception of professional development in general. The reasons they perceived as barriers to their participation in these activities were intense pace in their lives, their hectic work schedule and the inefficiency of professional development trainers, while the kinds of activities that they participated in were evaluating their own performance, reading articles, journals and books related to the field, sharing information with colleagues, conducting in-class research and receiving help from colleagues. The research has implications for professional development providers to improve the effectiveness of professional development activities for teachers of teaching Turkish as a foreign language.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Creative Arts and Writing

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Nihan Ünlü * This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 25, 2019

Submission Date

March 18, 2019

Acceptance Date

November 19, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Number: 42

APA
Sarıçoban, A., & Ünlü, N. (2019). An Evaluation of Professional Development Perception and Participation among Teachers of Turkish as a Second or Foreign Language. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 42, 131-148. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.675120
AMA
1.Sarıçoban A, Ünlü N. An Evaluation of Professional Development Perception and Participation among Teachers of Turkish as a Second or Foreign Language. SEFAD. 2019;(42):131-148. doi:10.21497/sefad.675120
Chicago
Sarıçoban, Arif, and Nihan Ünlü. 2019. “An Evaluation of Professional Development Perception and Participation Among Teachers of Turkish As a Second or Foreign Language”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, nos. 42: 131-48. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.675120.
EndNote
Sarıçoban A, Ünlü N (December 1, 2019) An Evaluation of Professional Development Perception and Participation among Teachers of Turkish as a Second or Foreign Language. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 42 131–148.
IEEE
[1]A. Sarıçoban and N. Ünlü, “An Evaluation of Professional Development Perception and Participation among Teachers of Turkish as a Second or Foreign Language”, SEFAD, no. 42, pp. 131–148, Dec. 2019, doi: 10.21497/sefad.675120.
ISNAD
Sarıçoban, Arif - Ünlü, Nihan. “An Evaluation of Professional Development Perception and Participation Among Teachers of Turkish As a Second or Foreign Language”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi. 42 (December 1, 2019): 131-148. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.675120.
JAMA
1.Sarıçoban A, Ünlü N. An Evaluation of Professional Development Perception and Participation among Teachers of Turkish as a Second or Foreign Language. SEFAD. 2019;:131–148.
MLA
Sarıçoban, Arif, and Nihan Ünlü. “An Evaluation of Professional Development Perception and Participation Among Teachers of Turkish As a Second or Foreign Language”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, no. 42, Dec. 2019, pp. 131-48, doi:10.21497/sefad.675120.
Vancouver
1.Arif Sarıçoban, Nihan Ünlü. An Evaluation of Professional Development Perception and Participation among Teachers of Turkish as a Second or Foreign Language. SEFAD. 2019 Dec. 1;(42):131-48. doi:10.21497/sefad.675120

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