Teacher Beliefs About Educational Reforms: A Metaphor Analysis. Issue 1 (January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Baş, Gökhan
• Is Part Of: International journal of educational reform. Volume 30:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 21
• Page End: 38
• Publication Date: 2021-01
• Subjects: educational reforms -- teacher beliefs -- metaphors -- qualitative research; Educational change -- Periodicals; Educational change -- United States -- Periodicals; Education and state -- Periodicals; Education and state -- United States -- Periodicals; Education, Secondary -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 379
• DOI: 10.1177/1056787920933352
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2631-9675

Abstract

This study was conducted to examine which metaphors teachers attribute to educational reforms. This research adopted a phenomenological design, in which the data were collected through metaphors. The findings indicated that teachers have negative beliefs about educational reforms. Also, the findings showed that teachers have traditional beliefs about educational reforms, rather than contemporary ones. Although teachers believed that educational reforms are a need for the education system, they perceived reform acts negatively, approaching them from a more traditional perspective.