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    An analysis on language teacher immunity in the context of educational leadership: a retrodictive qualitative modelling
    (Çağ Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2025) Durmaz, Zekeriya
    This study investigates the dynamic phenomenon of language teacher immunity within the framework of educational leadership using a Retrodictive Qualitative Modelling (RQM) approach informed by Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST). The research aims to identify distinct teacher immunity archetypes of educational leaders and uncover the underlying trajectories, and contextual influences that shape their professional trajectories over time. The study was carried out through an integrative research design (Hiver & Al-Hoorie, 2019). For the first phase of the study, a purposive sampling approach was utilised. In this initial phase, the Language Teacher Immunity Questionnaire (LTIQ), developed by Hiver (2016), was applied to 62 administrative members at universities in Türkiye to reveal the distribution of the School of Foreign Languages (SFL) management team members across the immunity types (e.g. productively-immunized, maladaptively-immunized). The collected quantitative data was subjected to the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software for analysis. Depending on the mean scores, four participants were selected for the subsequent phase of the study, using a mix of purposive sampling (Dörnyei, 2007) and convenience sampling methods, considering their availability, willingness, and ease of access (Charmaz, 2017). In the second phase of the study, in-depth rich data were collected through semi-structured interview questions, and narratives (Barkhuizen & Wette, 2008) of the administrators on adaptation to the managerial role, reaction to administrative challenges, the effect of the process on the managerial skills, coping strategies applied to deal with the dynamic nature of teaching environment, and pursuing an equilibrium between occupational burdens of teaching and administrative roles. All qualitative data were collected in two intervals, and the data were subjected to thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006), and subsequently to narrative analysis (Polkinghorne, 1995). Quantitative findings indicated that 62 participant administrative members clustered around 4.16, so they demonstrated a productively immunized managers archetype. Additionally, the qualitative data generated several themes referring to educational leaders’ early career trajectories as EFL teachers, transition to leadership within a higher education context, adapting to challenges, and current and future perspectives as administrators. Despite administrative constraints, each participant was empowered by key affordances such as supportive higher management, collegial support, and institutional familiarity. The significance of administrators’ resilience, the pivotal role of collegial support, the influence of institutional culture, and the coping mechanisms employed during critical incidents of the participant educational leaders all shaped the psychological immunity of the educational leaders. Finally, the findings found that all participants demonstrated progress from early overwhelm or burnout risk to resilience and forward-looking leadership, namely, from halfway-immunised leaders to productively immunised leaders. Through a novel perspective, this study offers significant implications for teacher development, institutional policy-makers and related stakeholders such as CoHE and THEQC, advocating for leadership training and school cultures that prioritise emotional support, professional agency, and collaborative engagement to enhance educational leaders’ resilience and long-term professional sustainability in the higher education EFL context.
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    Immunity from EFL lecturers' perspectives: Challenges and opportunities for professional development
    (Çağ Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2021) Durmaz, Zekeriya
    Bu çalışmanın amacı, İngilizce dil öğretmenlerinin öğretmenlik bağışıklığına ilişkin bakış açısını incelemek ve kariyerlerinde karşılaşabilecekleri zorluklar ve fırsatlara mesleki gelişim açısından ışık tutmaktır. Bu çalışmanın amacına ulaşmak için karma araştırma yöntemi benimsenmiştir. Bu nedenle iki aşamalı bir araştırma yapılmıştır: Çalışmanın ilk aşamasını nicel bir çalışma oluşturmaktadır. Bu aşamada Türkiye'nin Güneydoğu Anadolu ve Akdeniz Bölgelerinde belirlenen üniversitelerdeki İngiliz Dili Eğitimi bölümlerinde ve Yabancı Diller Yüksekokullarında görev yapmakta olan öğretim görevlilerine 39 maddelik 6'lı Likert tipi bir ölçek uygulanarak araştırma için veri toplanmıştır. İkinci, nitel, aşamasında ise uygun örnekleme yaklaşımıyla 11 katılımcıya iletilen 15 adet açık uçlu soruya verilen cevaplar incelenmiştir. Bu veri toplama yöntemi ile araştıramaya dair derinlemesine veri toplanması sağlanmıştır. Nicel veriler, 117 katılımcının, ortalama 3,76 puan ile yarı bağışıklığın orta noktasında bir yerde olduğunu ve MANOVA test sonuçları öğretmen bağışıklığı ile cinsiyet, akademik derece ve çalıştığı üniversite türü arasında anlamlı bir farklılığın olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Diğer yandan nitel veriler, mesleki gelişim faaliyetlerine katılımın, zorlu dönemlerde dahi hayat boyu öğrenen bir birey olmanın ve akademik yaşamdaki işbirliğinin öğretmen bağışıklığı üzerinde olumlu etkisi olduğunu göstermiştir.