Exploring the Principles of Reflective Practice in ELT - Research and Perspectives from Turkey - Bahar Gün
Reflection and Collaboration in EFL Teacher Professional Development in Turkey: A Systematic Review
Exploring the Principles of Reflective Practice in ELT - Research and Perspectives from Turkey - Bahar Gün
Serhat Başar [+]
İzmir Institute of Technology, Turkey
Serhat Başar works as an English instructor at İzmir Institute of Technology, İzmir, Turkey. He is a Ph.D. candidate in the English Language Teaching Department of Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey. He completed his undergraduate and MA programs in the Foreign Language Education Department of Boğaziçi University. His field of interests includes language teacher cognition, teacher education, and professional development of EFL teachers.
Esat Kuzu [+]
Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey
Esat Kuzu is a research assistant and Ph.D. student in the ELT Department of Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey. He completed his undergraduate program in the Foreign Language Education Department of Boğaziçi University and his MA in the ELT Department of Çukurova University. He is interested in research on program evaluation, ecological literacy, and professional development of EFL teachers.
İrem Çomoğlu [+]
Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey
İrem Çomoğlu works as an Associate Professor at Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Education, English Language Teaching Department, Izmir, Turkey. She has published widely in national and international journals and books. In her research she focuses on teacher learning and development in TESOL and teacher research mainly from a qualitative research paradigm.
Description
The first chapter in the book is different in nature from the others in the sense that it is a meta-synthesis exploring the implementation of reflective practice studies in ELT in Turkey. In this study, Başar, Kuzu and Çomoğlu review 24 RP studies carried out in Turkey between 2010 and 2021. The results of their inductive thematic analysis indicate clear implications for the pre-service education practicum programs, in-service education of tertiary-level teachers, as well as the reflective practices for EFL teacher educators.