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Research background: In recent decades, scientists have focused on sustainable development goals. Cultural issues are evident in sustainable development, but the scientific inclusion of cultural aspects remains a challenge. Purpose: The study aims to link cultural aspects and sustainability goals. Also, the purpose of this study, is to use the composite cultural index to include the latest research findings on this matter and extend them to cover the six cultural dimensions identified in the Hofstede cultural model. Yeganeh (2011) proposed a methodology for compiling a composite cultural index, but the author included only a few cultural dimensions. The authors of this article present an analysis of fifteen Sustainable Development Goals in the 27 countries of the European Union to rank countries according to the contribution of national culture to the Sustainable Development Goals. Research methodology: The methodology used an international expert survey on the dimensions of culture and the constructed correlation matrix. Results: The results show a correlation between the four goals of sustainable development, although the direction is different: one has a positive relationship, and three have a negative one. Novelty: The article’s value is that the authors created a composite cultural index for research on sustainable development and expanded the results presented by other authors.

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The Role of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in Developing Turkish Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Technology Adoption

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ULUTAŞ

2023

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As 21st century has witnessed drastic changes in educational technology, the education of pre-service teachers has gained more significance. Educators are then sought to be digitally literate who are also accepting new technologies to utilize web tools competently. That said, this current quantitative driven-mix method research scrutinizes the role of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in enhancing the pre-service English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ technology adoption in this changing educational landscape. Accordingly, an online questionnaire together with structured interview are used to gather data from 94 pre-service EFL teachers at a public university in Türkiye due to the restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic during 2020-21 academic year. Quantitative data are analyzed through SPSS 27.0 to detect construct-dependent and -independent frequency levels whereas qualitative data are analyzed in lieu of grounded theory by means of thematic analysis. As a result of the quantitative data analysis, it is revealed that the Turkish pre-service EFL teachers’ levels of technology acceptance are moderately high, albeit there is no significant difference regarding age, gender, and personal computer ownership. On the other hand, qualitative data results provide a deeper insight into participants’ perceptions on related concepts. The results are mainly noted as the growing need for modifications in teacher education programs in order to familiarize more with technology and web tools as well as to improve their future technology-integrated language teaching practices.

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Exploring Iranian english as a foreign language teachers’ acceptance of ChatGPT in english language teaching: Extending the technology acceptance model

The Role of National Culture as an Indicator of Evidence of Sustainable Development

The Role of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in Developing Turkish Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Technology Adoption

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