EFL Teachers’ Professional Development, Job Satisfaction, and Reflective Thinking: A Structural Equation Modeling

  • سال انتشار: 1400
  • محل انتشار: تحقیقات کاربردی در زبان انگلیسی، دوره: 10، شماره: 1
  • کد COI اختصاصی: JR_AREUIT-10-1_007
  • زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
  • تعداد مشاهده: 328
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نویسندگان

Ibrahim Safari

Assistant Professor, Department of English Language, Imam Hossein Comprehensive University, Tehran, Iran

Mehran Davaribina

Assistant Professor, Department of English Language, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Branch, Ardabil, Iran

چکیده

The demand for learning English as a foreign language has significantly heightened the need to recruit efficient teachers. Related literature confirms the lack of studies on teacher characteristics that can affect their job satisfaction. This study aimed to study the relationship between Iranian EFL teachers’ professional development, job satisfaction, and reflective thinking. One-hundred and fifty-nine teachers from different universities, language institutes, and schools wer e requested to answer the professional development questionnaire, the Minnesota satisfaction questionnaire, and reflective thinking scale as the main data collection instruments. These questionnaires were given in three different ways: in person, email, and social networks. Structural Equation Modeling was used to examine the hypothesized model of associations. This model was confirmed following the application of the modification indices proposed by the software (Normal chi-square = ۳.۴; RMSEA =.۰۳; RMR =.۰۲; GFI =.۹۴; AGFI =.۹۱; NFI =.۹۴; CFI =.۹۴; IFI =.۹۴). The findings showed that there were significant internal correlations between all the latent variables and their sub-scales. Furthermore, findings of multiple regression analysis revealed that professional development and reflective thinking positively predicted job satisfaction, with professional development exerting more predictive power compared to reflective thinking. Pedagogical implications of the results have been discussed.

کلیدواژه ها

Job satisfaction, Professional Development, Reflective Thinking, Structural Equation Modeling

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