Investigating the interplay between English language teachers' autonomy, well-being and efficacy
Ceyhun Yukselir
Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Turkey
Omer Ozer
Adana Alparslan Turkes Science and Technology University, Turkey
This study investigates the interplay between the concepts of teachers' autonomy, well-being and teacher efficacy by drawing on the perceptions of primary, secondary and high school English teachers working in private and state schools in Turkey. The overarching aim of this study is to investigate these three factors, as perceived by English teachers across school levels and types and thus to identify common experiences among them. The study employed a mixed-methods approach. Using open-ended questions and the scales of teachers' autonomy, well-being and teacher efficacy, the data were collected from 293 English teachers. This study found that autonomy is strongly correlated with teacher efficacy. The findings also show that the teachers' levels of autonomy in state schools were higher. Similarly, findings also indicate that the autonomy secondary school teachers experienced was higher than that of teachers working in primary schools. The study makes a contribution to the field by drawing conclusions about the interplay of these three factors.
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Authors: Dr Ceyhun Yukselir is an associate professor of English language teaching at the department of English Language and Literature, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Turkey. His research interests include teacher education, reflective teaching, learner autonomy, technology integration in EFL classes and applied linguistics with ELT focus. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4781-3183 Email: ceyhunyukselir@gmail.com Dr Omer Ozer is an associate professor in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Adana Alparslan Turkes Science and Technology University, Turkey. He has published extensively in the areas of multilingual policies in higher education, mobile-assisted language learning and autonomous language learning. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8502-3145 Email: omer.ozer@yahoo.com Please cite as: Yukselir, C. & Ozer, O. (2022). Investigating the interplay between English language teachers' autonomy, well-being and efficacy. Issues in Educational Research, 32(4), 1643-1657. http://www.iier.org.au/iier32/yukselir.pdf |