Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
GlobELT 2021 7th International Conference on Teaching and Learning English as an Additional Language, Antalya, Türkiye, 4 - 06 Kasım 2021, ss.74-84
When the assets of doing action research in terms of empowering and emancipating teachers are considered together with the dynamic relationship between teacher agency and effectiveness, the current study aims to explore the impacts of conducting action research on EFL instructors’ conceptualization of an effective teacher. It is a qualitative study and the participants are seven EFL instructors working at a state university. As data gathering instruments, repertory grids, semi- structured interviews and observation technique were used. Before conducting action research, the participants were given repertory grids in order to explore their constructions of an effective teacher. Follow-up interviews and observation technique were utilized to validate the findings. After the action research procedure, which lasted for six weeks, repertory grids were administered again followed by semi-structured interviews and classroom observations to find out the impacts of conducting action research on their constructions of an effective teacher. The results revealed that although five out of seven participants’ repertory grids illustrated significant changes, all of the participants reorganised their thoughts on the qualities of an effective teacher.