Teacher - student relatıonshıps across teachıng careers of Turkısh EFL teachers

Çetin, Şahin; Ellidokuzoglu, Hasanbey; Doğan, Soner

doi:10.5897/err2014.1840

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“…Using a questionnaire survey administered by 14 high school EFL teachers on their 436 students in Turkey, Cetin and Dogan, (2014)note that students perceived experienced teachers as more cooperative than fresh teachers. The influence of behaviours by old and new teachers did not differ significantly.…”

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Power Distance and Individualism-Collectivism in EFL Learning Environment

Alshahrani¹

2017

AWEJ

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The aim of this review was to critically evaluate the research works done on power distance and individualism-collectivism in English as a foreign language (EFL) and other types of English language learning. There is a more or less agreement on what happens to teaching and learning processes in high and low power distance (PD) classrooms. However, there are some findings suggesting thesimultaneous existence of both individualism and collectivism (e.g. North Vietnam). In that case, individualism and collectivism have separate identities, rather than being mutually exclusive parts of a single dimension. There are some works in which Hofstede's(1983Hofstede's( , 1986) cultural dimensions could not explain observed differences in thelearning environment. There are possibilities of learning-specific new sets of cultural dimensions in classrooms due to the attitudinal changes of students compared to the average culture of the general population. In many works, a variety of approaches has been suggested for the teacher either to adapt to the culture of the classroom or to use methods of low PD and individualistic methods in high PDcollectivist classrooms in a cautious manner. Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) seems an effective alternative to Grammar-Translation Method (GTM). Contradictory findings have been reported on Japanese classrooms. In one, the students desire to study independently, which the high PD and the collectivist culture of Japan does not allow. Two, for the Japanese learners, group working is more effective due to the collectivist culture. The contradictions involved in the two contentions need to be resolved through more research.

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Power Distance and Individualism-Collectivism in EFL Learning Environment

Alshahrani¹

2017

AWEJ

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“…Using a questionnaire survey administered by 14 high school EFL teachers on their 436 students in Turkey, Cetin and Dogan (2014) note that students perceive experienced teachers as more cooperative than fresh teachers. The influence of behaviours by old and new teachers does not differ significantly.…”

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“…In their work, Cetin and Dogan (2014) aim at finding the relationship between the professional experience of teachers and the perceptions of the students on their relationship. The influence of these perceptions on the course and the teacher are also studied.…”

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Methodological Issues in Studying Cultural Dimensions with Special Reference to Educational Context

Alshahrani

2017

SSRN Journal

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The aim of this review was to evaluate certain methodological issues related to the measurement of cultural dimensions and their effects with special reference to educational contexts. Using Google Scholar with the exact topics as search terms, 50 research reports were obtained. The results obtained from the critical analysis of the methodologies used in these reports are discussed in this review. Most studies were on power distance and individualism/collectivism dimensions of culture. A large number of conceptual frameworks and as many as 121 measurement instruments have been proposed by different workers. Research approach in any particular study is determined by the framework and the instrument chosen or self-developed instruments. Surveys and interviews are more commonly used. Not estimating internal consistency or reliability tests in some works makes it difficult to judge the validity of the method of data analysis. Generally the sample size is in the range of 200-500 participants in surveys. Small sample sizes used in a few works may affect the validity and applicability of their findings. It is concluded that large groups of scientists doing a common research programme across several countries is better than individual researches. Meta-analyses are also superior to individual researches. Such methods ensure validity and replicability of the findings. Although none of the research used scenario analysis, it is also a promising method.

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Teacher - student relatıonshıps across teachıng careers of Turkısh EFL teachers

Cited by 2 publications

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Power Distance and Individualism-Collectivism in EFL Learning Environment

Power Distance and Individualism-Collectivism in EFL Learning Environment

Methodological Issues in Studying Cultural Dimensions with Special Reference to Educational Context

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