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

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

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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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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sanat ve Edebiyat

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Nihan Ünlü * Bu kişi benim
Türkiye

Yayımlanma Tarihi

25 Aralık 2019

Gönderilme Tarihi

18 Mart 2019

Kabul Tarihi

19 Kasım 2019

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2019 Sayı: 42

Kaynak Göster

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, ve 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, sy 42: 131-48. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.675120.
EndNote
Sarıçoban A, Ünlü N (01 Aralık 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 ve N. Ünlü, “An Evaluation of Professional Development Perception and Participation among Teachers of Turkish as a Second or Foreign Language”, SEFAD, sy 42, ss. 131–148, Ara. 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 (01 Aralık 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, ve 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, sy 42, Aralık 2019, ss. 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. 01 Aralık 2019;(42):131-48. doi:10.21497/sefad.675120

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