Exploring the Interplay among Stroke, Strictness, and Teacher Success from EFL Teachers’ Perspective: A Mixed-Methods Study
Subject Areas : All areas of language and translation
Reza Afsharpour
1
,
Ghasem Barani
2
,
Seyyed Hassan Seyyed Rezaei
3
,
Zari Sadat Seyyedrezaei
4
1 - Department of English language Teaching, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran
2 - Department of English language Teaching, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran
3 - Department of English Language Teaching, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran
4 - Department of English Language Teaching, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran
Keywords: gender, Stroke, EFL teachers, Teacher success, Strictness,
Abstract :
This mixed-methods study aimed to explore the interplay among stroke, strictness, and teacher success from Iranian male and female EFL teachers’ points of view. This study employed a sequential explanatory mixed-methods approach. In the present study, 420 EFL teachers, 200 males and 220 females, participated based on convenience sampling. For collecting the quantitative data, three questionnaires were employed. From the sample of the study, 50 EFL teachers (25 male and 25 female) were interviewed on teacher stroke and teacher strictness. The intended variables' relationships were examined using the Pearson product-moment correlation formula, and thematic analysis (TA) was applied to analyze the qualitative data. The findings showed that there is a significant relationship between female and male teachers' success and stroke, and there is also a significant relationship between female and male teachers' success and strictness. The qualitative findings indicated that the male and female teachers adopted a positive view toward strictness and stroke as the teachers behaviors in the class in which complement the quantitative findings. At the end of the paper, the implications of the study were presented.
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