Learning activities employed in out-of-school learning activities (OOSLA) provide students with a different learning experience while enabling teachers to discover, implement, and evaluate different teaching approaches. This study intends to investigate the self-efficacy beliefs levels of teachers as regards OOSLA and whether these self-efficacy…

The Alexander Technique is a method that emerged as a result of Actor Frederick Matthias Alexander's work on himself to solve the problems he had with his voice during his performance. This technique, which was effective for himself, rapidly became widespread because it was tried by different people over time and positive results were obtained.…

This study aims to reveal the organizational silence perceptions of the instructors who work in different academic units of a state university in Aegean Region of Turkey, factors causing silence and possible consequences of silence. In this study, mixed research method was used to determine and elaborate the types of organizational silence seen…

This embedded-single case study aims to evaluate the efficacy of the 8th-grade music curriculum through the lens of Eisner's Educational Connoisseurship and Criticism Model. An initial survey involving 146 music teachers was conducted to determine the middle school grade-level music curriculum for evaluation. Subsequently, 15 music teachers, six…

Piano lessons which take place in music education departments involve example works of Turkish and world composers, education music examples, piano literature and learning-teaching techniques. Within this context, Ulvi Cemal Erkin, who is a member of The Turkish Five, wrote a composition called "Duyuslar," which consists of 11 pieces and…

Distance education has become an important opportunity for teachers who do not use technology or use it little in learning environments to use ICT tools such as graphic tablets, interactive content and dynamic geometry software by requiring them to perform their courses with technological tools. In this regard, the present study aims to examine…

Drawing on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), this qualitative study examines instructors' behaviors in using Facebook in their teaching practices. Participants were ten instructors enrolled at various departments of universities in Turkey. Interviews were analyzed in order to understand the instructors' Facebook use for educational purposes.…

The purpose of this study is to investigate EMI academics' cognitions and practices regarding pronunciation of English as a foreign language in EMI classrooms. The study was conducted using a qualitative research design and a semi-structured interview format. The participants of the study were university instructors, associate professors, and…

The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the way that teacher candidates perceive the teaching approaches used by the instructors at the faculty of education and the learning approaches they prefer. The study group of this research was composed of 525 students from different departments of the faculty of education to…

The aim of this study was to determine special education teachers' self-efficacy belief levels toward science. In the study, an explanatory mixed method was used in which quantitative and qualitative research methods were involved together. This study included both survey and case study methodology. To determine the level of special education…

Introduction: One of the prominent approaches in language education is Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL) due to recent advances in technology. To benefit from MALL effectively and develop it when it is required, it is important to know the perceptions of the ones who use it. Although much research related to students' and teachers'…

Purpose: The aim of this study was twofold. First, it investigated the extent to which in-service teachers of English were personally and professionally ready to carry out culturally responsive teaching (CRT). Second, it aimed to understand teachers' perceptions of CRT. Research Method: This study was carried out in a sequential explanatory mixed…

The purpose of this study was to investigate academics' lifelong learning positions and preferences. The research was designed as survey research. The participants consisted of 230 academics from Faculty of Education of Anadolu University in Turkey. Data were collected using a survey form which had items about the factors that affect lifelong…

This paper outlines the process of the design of an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course in an EFL context based on learners' real-world needs and perceptions of various stakeholders on these needs. The specific course chosen for this study is called "Vocational English Course" (called VEC hereafter) for the department of Electric…

While there are just a limited number of situation analysis studies, there is almost no situation analysis study referring to the physical conditions of an ELT Department. With this in mind, in this paper, the physical state of an ELT department in one of the oldest and rooted universities of Turkey was tried to be analyzed. The picture drawn by…