ERIC Number: EJ1422450
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Apr
Pages: 17
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EISSN: EISSN-1302-6488
Teachers' Readiness for Blended Learning, Their Reasons, Challenges, and Suggestions for Practising Blended Learning
Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, v25 n2 Article 10 p157-173 2024
This study aims to understand the experiences of Turkish teachers in blended learning, the challenges they encountered, and their recommendations in this regard. The authors adapted the Blended Teaching Readiness Instrument (BTRI) (Archibald et al., 2021) to Turkish. Secondly, the reasons, challenges, and suggestions of teachers regarding blended learning were investigated. A total of 325 Turkish teachers were selected as the participant group in this survey. A criterion purposeful sampling method was used in the data collection process. The statistical analysis led to the conclusion that the BTRI, which was translated into Turkish, is a valid and reliable tool for measuring teachers' levels of readiness for blended learning in Turkiye and it can also be used to gauge the readiness of teachers. ort he qualitative aspect, inductive content analysis was used for analyzing open-ended questions of the instrument. The study both served as a reflection of Turkish teachers' positive and negative experiences regarding blended learning practices and a scale adaptation study for measuring the blended teaching readiness of Turkish teachers. It is considered that the results can help both pre-service and in-service teachers to be sensitive toward their blended teaching competencies. This study also has the potential for informing teacher education departments to equip prospective teachers with required disciplinary knowledge along with digital competencies.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Competencies, Readiness, Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Teacher Attitudes, Barriers, Elementary Secondary Education, In Person Learning, Electronic Learning
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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