Developing and Validating a Potential Evaluation Inventory to Assess EFL Teachers’ Engagement

Ghamoushi, Masoumeh; Mohammadi Zenouzagh, Zohre; Hashamdar, Mohammad

doi:10.22049/jalda.2022.28016.1468

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

¹ Ph.D. Candidate in ELT, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

² Associate Professor of ELT, English Translation and Teaching Department, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8430-2695

³ Assistant Professor of ELT, English Translation and Teaching Department, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2022.28016.1468

Abstract

Teacher engagement has been undertaken in various studies. However, most of the studies have disregarded the dearth of a practical framework to assess teachers' engagement in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. Therefore, the researchers of the present study designed and validated a questionnaire to assess the engagement of EFL teachers. To examine the reliability and validity of the final draft of the TEQ, it was administered to 234 Iranian EFL teachers who had been selected using non-probability convenience sampling. The results of Cronbach’s alpha indicated an appropriate reliability index and the factor analysis results revealed that items were loaded on 5 factors including 1) emotional, 2) social (colleagues), 3) social (students), 4) cognitive, and 5) agentic. Moreover, TEQ has the potential to be beneficial in assessing EFL teachers' engagement, according to the results of structural equation modeling (SEM), which revealed that the model enjoyed good psychometric features.

Keywords

20.1001.1.28208986.2022.10.2.8.3

Main Subjects

Language teacher education

Article Title [Persian]

ساخت و اعتبار سنجی یک پرسشنامه بالقوه جهت ارزیابی تعامل معلمان زبان انگلیسی

Authors [Persian]

معصومه قموشی ¹
دکتر زهره محمدی زنوزق ²
دکتر محمد حشمدار ³

¹ دانشجوی دکتری آموزش زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرج، کرج، ایران

² دانشیار آموزش زبان انگلیسی، گروه ترجمه و آموزش زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرج، کرج، ایران

³ استادیار آموزش زبان انگلیسی، گروه ترجمه و آموزش زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرج، کرج، ایران

Abstract [Persian]

تعامل معلم در تحقیقات مختلفی مورد بررسی قرار گرفته است، اگرچه بیشتر این تحقیقات کمبود چارچوب عملی جهت ارزیابی تعامل معلمان در تدریس زبان انگلیسی به عنوان زبان خارجی را نادیده گرفته اند. از این رو، محققان مقاله حاضر پرسشنامهای جهت ارزیابی تعامل معلمان زبان انگلیسی طراحی و اعتبارسنجی کردهاند. جهت بررسی پایایی و روایی نسخه نهایی پرسشنامه، 234 معلم ایرانی که زبان انگلیسی تدریس میکردند از طریق نمونهگیری سهلالوصول غیر احتمالی انتخاب شده و به پرسشنامه پاسخ دادند. بررسی پایایی و روایی پرسشنامه از طریق اجرای الفای کرونباخ ، تحلیل عاملی اکتشافی و تحلیل عاملی تاییدی انجام شد. نتایج تحلیل عاملی اکتشافی نشان داد که تمامی سوالات پرسشنامه با 5 فاکتور شامل: 1) احساسی، 2) اجتماعی (همکاران)، 3) اجتماعی (دانش آموزان)، 4) شناختی، و 5) عاملی مطابقت داشتند. علاوه بر این، نتایج مدل سازی معادلات ساختاری تایید کرد که این مدل از ویژگیهای روان سنجی خوبی برخوردار است که نشان میدهد این پرسشنامه قابلیت استفاده جهت ارزیابی تعامل معلمان زبان انگلیسی را دارد.

Keywords [Persian]

تعامل عاملی
تعامل شناختی
تعامل احساسی
تعامل اجتماعی
تعامل معلم

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Volume 10, Issue 2 - Serial Number 20
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Developing and Validating a Potential Evaluation Inventory to Assess EFL Teachers’ Engagement

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Volume 10, Issue 2 - Serial Number 20October 2022Pages 145-181

Volume 10, Issue 2 - Serial Number 20
October 2022
Pages 145-181