Indonesian English Teachers’ Work Engagement and Attitudes towards the Use of Instructional Technology: A Survey Study

Authors

  • Adaninggar Septi Subekti Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana
  • Lemmuela Alvita Kurniawati Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29408/veles.v6i2.6066

Keywords:

Work engagement, attitudes, instructional technology, online learning

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the level of work engagement of Indonesian high school teachers of English and its relationship with their attitudes towards the use of instructional technology (IT) during the Covid-19-driven online instruction. The study employed a survey method of distributing a Google Form questionnaire and a total of 114 teachers participated in the study. It was found that the participants generally reported a high level of work engagement in their English Language teaching (ELT) profession. Though at least 93% of the participants reported their engagement in the profession in all questionnaire items, they seemed to be less sure about their level of engagement in terms of striving for excellence in the profession seen from lower "strongly agree" responses. The present study further found a statistically significant positive relationship between the participants' level of work engagement and their attitudes towards the use of IT during the pandemic-driven online instruction. Their level of engagement could predict a 21.7% variance in their attitudes towards the use of IT. Pedagogical implications include encouraging teachers to use all the experiences they obtained during the pandemic to upgrade themselves as teachers rather than totally 'going back' to the old ways of teaching before the pandemic. Future studies could investigate English teaching as a job and can be conducted qualitatively to see the extent to which teachers’ reported engagement is manifested in everyday teaching.

Author Biographies

Adaninggar Septi Subekti, Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana

Adaninggar, who obtained her M.Sc. in TESOL from University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, currently works as a lecturer at the English Language Education Department, Faculty of Education and Humanities of Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana (UKDW), Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The Editor-in-Chief of SAGA Journal UKDW, she is also a reviewer of SiELE Journal, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, IJELTAL journal, UINISI Samarinda, LLT Journal, Sanata Dharma University, and Pedagogy Journal, IAIN Metro. Her research interest includes L2 learners’ individual differences, Global Englishes, and L2 writing. Throughout her teaching career, she has taught students from various levels of education, including teaching ESP to Medical students and Biology students as well as teaching non-English teachers of High Schools. She was also a teacher of the Indonesian language at Arizona State University from 2013 to 2014.

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.id/citations?user=f03gmioAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

ORCiD ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6641-0307

SCOPUS ID: 57202583019 https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57202583019

Lemmuela Alvita Kurniawati, Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana

Lemmuela is currently the head of the English Language Education Department and a faculty member of English Education Department of Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana (UKDW). She earned her master degree in English language teaching from Sanata Dharma University.  Her specific research interests are the use of technology in English language teaching and learning, curriculum and material development, ESP, pre-service teacher education, and in-service teacher professional development.

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2022-10-31

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Subekti, A. S., & Kurniawati, L. A. (2022). Indonesian English Teachers’ Work Engagement and Attitudes towards the Use of Instructional Technology: A Survey Study. Voices of English Language Education Society, 6(2), 299–311. https://doi.org/10.29408/veles.v6i2.6066

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