Important but challenging: Chinese in-service EFL teachers' research attitudes in a graduate program

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1142496

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	Important but challenging: Chinese in-service EFL teachers' research attitudes in a graduate program
	Chen, Lei 1; Liu, Quanguo1,2
	2023-08-24
发表期刊	FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
卷号	14
摘要	In recent decades, the practice of involving teachers in research in degree programs is becoming popular. Yet, little is known about the impact of research experiences on teachers' behavior: whether research experiences change their teaching practices and lead to further research efforts in future careers, especially in the unique social, cultural, and educational culture of China. Thus, this study examines Chinese IETs' (in-service EFL teachers') research attitudes in a graduate program with a reasoned action approach. We used an embedded mixed methods research design to investigate a cohort of 197 IETs who completed the Research Attitudes in Vocational Education Questionnaire (RAVE-Q). The quantitative data validates the survey and shows that, in general, the IETs hold positive attitudes toward research. Next, semi-structured interviews investigating IETs and their advisors' perceptions of teacher research were conducted. The qualitative data shows a variety of research experiences among the IETs. Specifically, this study highlighted some interviewed IETs who had the desire to be reflective about their teaching and to apply research in their practices, nevertheless, the educational contexts made such efforts impossible. Thus, this study questioned the previous assumptions that positive research attitudes lead to corresponding research behaviors. This study offers implications for EFL graduate programs seeking to improve IETs' research attitudes both within and outside China.
关键词	research attitudes teacher research mixed methods, research methodology in-service teacher development reasoned action approach
DOI	10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1142496
收录类别	SSCI
ISSN	1664-1078
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Psychology
WOS类目	Psychology, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001059799200001
出版者	FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
原始文献类型	Article
引用统计	被引频次[WOS]：0 [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.lzufe.edu.cn/handle/39EH0E1M/35285
专题	外语学院
通讯作者	Liu, Quanguo
作者单位	1.Shaanxi Normal Univ, Sch Int Studies, Xian, Peoples R China; 2.Lanzhou Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Foreign Languages, Lanzhou, Gansu, Peoples R China
通讯作者单位	兰州财经大学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chen, Lei,Liu, Quanguo. Important but challenging: Chinese in-service EFL teachers' research attitudes in a graduate program[J]. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY,2023,14.
APA	Chen, Lei,&Liu, Quanguo.(2023).Important but challenging: Chinese in-service EFL teachers' research attitudes in a graduate program.FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY,14.
MLA	Chen, Lei,et al."Important but challenging: Chinese in-service EFL teachers' research attitudes in a graduate program".FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY 14(2023).