İranlı EFL öğretmenlerinin yansıtıcı davranışları ve yeterlik düzeyleri arasındaki ilişki

Bu çalışmada, İranlı EFL Öğretmenlerinin yansıtıcı davranışları ile cinsiyet ve yeterlilik düzeyleri arasındaki ilişki araştırılmıştır. Ayrıca öğretmenlerin yansıtıcılığının alt ölçeklerinin öğretmenlerin yansıtıcılığının en iyi yordayıcıları, yani pratik, bilişsel, üstbilişsel, duyuşsal ve eleştirel yansımalarını sorgulamaları amaçlanmıştır. İranlı EFL öğretmenlerinin İngilizce Öğretmenlerinin Yansıtıcı Envanteri (LTRI), Şiraz, İran'daki üç kurumda 60 İngilizce öğretmenine uygulanmıştır. Çalışmanın sonuçları, yansıtıcılık ile öğretmenlerin EFL yeterliliği arasında pozitif bir ilişki olduğunu göstermiştir. Ayrıca, öğretmenlerin yansıtıcılığının tüm alt ölçekleri arasında, sadece bilişsel ve pratik, p

The relationship between Iranian EFL teachers’ reflective behavior and their proficiency level

The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between Iranian EFL Teachers’ reflective behavior as wellas their gender and their proficiency level. It also aimed to probe sub-scales of teachers' reflectivity as the bestpredictors of teachers' proficiency to determine whether different aspects of teacher reflectivity, namely, practical,cognitive, metacognitive, affective, and critical reflection had a noticeable impact on the proficiency level ofIranian EFL teachers. To this end, an IELTS test comprising four skills as well as the Language Teachers'Reflective Inventory (LTRI) were administered to 60 English teachers in three institutes in Shiraz, Iran. The resultsrevealed a low positive relationship between reflectivity and teachers’ EFL proficiency. Besides, among all subscalesof teachers' reflectivity, just cognitive and practical had a significant contribution in predicting the scoreson proficiency at p

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