A Comparative Study on Iranian EFL Teachers’ Awareness of Code of Ethics in Research: the Role of Gender and Years of Teaching Experience

Subject Areas : آموزش زبان انگلیسی

فریده صمدی ¹ , خلیل مطلب زاده ² , حمید اشرف ³ , غلامحسن خواجوی ⁴

1 - گروه انگلیسی، واحد تربت حیدریه، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تربت حیدریه، ایران
2 - گروه انگلیسی، واحد تربت حیدریه، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تربت حیدریه، ایران. گروه انگلیسی،موسسه آموزش عالی تابران، مشهد، ایران
3 - گروه انگلیسی، واحد تربت حیدریه، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تربت حیدریه، ایران
4 - گروه آموزش انگلیسی، دانشگاه بجنورد، بجنورد، ایران

Received: 2020-10-11 Accepted : 2020-10-11 Published : 2020-08-01

Keywords: gender, Code of ethics, teachers’ awareness, years of teaching experience,

Abstract :

This study is aimed at examining the role of gender, and years of teaching experience in Iranian EFL teachers’ awareness of the code of ethics in research. 272 Iranian EFL teachers were chosen based on convenience sampling and were assessed through the Iranian EFL teachers’ awareness of the code of ethics in research scale inventory. After gathering the questionnaires, data was analysed by SPSS. An independent-samples t-test was performed to examine whether the teachers' awareness of the code of ethics in research differs significantly between genders. In addition, Pearson correlation was performed to find the connection between years of teaching experience and the aforementioned factor. The findings showed substantial positive relationships between all five sub-constructs of the code of ethics and experience. Besides, the findings revealed that there were considerable differences in the degree of knowledge among EFL teachers of research codes of ethics and its sub-constructs between male and female teachers. The mean score of the female teachers in all sub-constructs was higher than the male teachers. This study may be the only piece of research that has investigated the EFL teachers’ knowledge regarding factors affecting their awareness of the code of ethics in research in Iran.

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