Teachers' Personal Espistemological Beliefs and Their Conceptions of Teaching and Learning: A Correlational Study

Autor/inn/en	Mardiha, Sayed Mortaza; Alibakhshi, Goudarz
Titel	Teachers' Personal Espistemological Beliefs and Their Conceptions of Teaching and Learning: A Correlational Study
Quelle	In: Cogent Education, 7 (2020) 1, Artikel 1763230 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2331-186X
DOI	10.1080/2331186X.2020.1763230
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Language Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Beliefs; Epistemology; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Positive Attitudes; Educational Attitudes; High School Teachers; Teaching Methods; Iran (Tehran) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehrerverhalten; Belief; Glaube; Erkenntnistheorie; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; High school; High schools; Teacher; Teachers; Oberschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Epistemology has been investigated in different domains. In education, the epistemological beliefs have also been explored in terms of age, gender, fields of teaching, effect on learners' reading comprehension, and learners' learning strategies. Despite the plethora of studies on teachers' epistemological beliefs, to the best of the researchers' knowledge English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' personal epistemological beliefs and conceptions of teaching and learning need further investigation. The present was an attempt to explore the correlation between EFL teachers' epistemological beliefs and their conceptions of teaching and learning. Therefore, a correlational research method was used. Two validated scales were used for to collect the data. The data were analyzed through running one-sample-t-test and Pearson correlation. Results showed that EFL teachers' perceptions of teaching and learning are positive and the correlation between the two variables is statistically significant (p < 0.05). The findings have implications for teachers and teacher educators. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01