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Papers by Salim RAZI
International Journal of Innovative Approaches in Education
International Journal for Educational Integrity
Academic integrity is a vital pedagogical responsibility that educational institutions should exp... more Academic integrity is a vital pedagogical responsibility that educational institutions should explicitly address. One of the best ways to uphold academic integrity is to create a culture of academic integrity throughout the school. This is especially imperative at high schools where students develop their moral identity because students who act dishonestly at high school will likely behave accordingly in post-secondary education and ultimately be dishonest in familial and professional settings. Creating a culture of academic integrity is a challenging, long and multifaceted journey. In this respect, this exploratory case study set out to create a culture of academic integrity at a high school in Türkiye and explore what facilitates and impedes the process. We followed Stephens’ (2016) Multilevel Intervention Model and implemented a School-Wide Education program to guide us through the process. We conducted various activities throughout one academic year, from seminars to competition...
Education and Information Technologies
I n today's digital age, Languages graduates need more speciic skills than luency in the foreign ... more I n today's digital age, Languages graduates need more speciic skills than luency in the foreign language and intercultural competence. Employers expect from all applicants a high level of computer literacy and a set of soft skills such as creativity or the ability to solve problems and work on team projects. Modern Foreign Language (MFL) departments should therefore promote teaching techniques that would enable their graduates to become employable, at the same time ensuring that the students become aware of their own professional and personal development. This article provides an example of projects concentrated speciically on development of technology and media skills.
Springer International Publishing eBooks, 2023
The Literacy Trek, Jun 27, 2021
Gamification and game-based learning have been around since 2008 and have become more important b... more Gamification and game-based learning have been around since 2008 and have become more important by the 2015s. Academics and educators, whether in the educational sector or professional development in the corporate world, recognise the many benefits of either using game-based learning or gamifying learning modules because they bring about greater engagement from participants, allow for knowledge retention and skills acquisition through practice immersion and so on. The European Network for Academic Integrity formed a working group in 2019 to look at the gamification of “academic integrity” and to support the greater community in this matter. Consisting of multidisciplinary, multinational members, the group actively works towards knowledge building, capacity building and ultimately proposing a multitude of resources that can help educators everywhere in training and raising awareness on academic integrity by means of gamification. In its first year of formation, the group looked at pr...
This study aims to reveal English language academicians and postgraduate students’ ambitions abou... more This study aims to reveal English language academicians and postgraduate students’ ambitions about involving in research studies in a developing country, Turkey. To collect data, a questionnaire was constructed and delivered to 159 ELT academicians and students to learn about their knowledge of writing a research report, experiences in research and writing a research report, and perception of difficulty in different sections of a research report. Besides, semi-constructed interviews were also administered to 12 academicians. The results indicated significant differences between academicians and students. Besides, discussion was regarded as the most difficult part whereas writing references was the easiest. Although participants reported their experiences in constructing the skeleton of a research paper, they regarded themselves weak in long run studies.
This study compared the impact of ‘open’ and ‘anonymous’ peer feedback in a digital environment b... more This study compared the impact of ‘open’ and ‘anonymous’ peer feedback in a digital environment by implementing an ‘anonymous multi-mediated writing model’ to enable a balanced distribution of asymmetrical and symmetrical feedback anonymously. The data were gathered from 60 students on an academic writing course at a Turkish university who were divided into two groups with similar writing proficiency and subcategorized as ‘good’, ‘moderate’ and ‘weak’. For each assignment they peer reviewed three papers from each subcategory, either anonymously or openly. After receiving feedback, they revised and resubmitted their assignments. The findings revealed the positive effects of anonymity, which encouraged students to provide a more honest critique of each other’s work. Moreover, EAP learners at different proficiency levels benefited due to the balanced distribution of asymmetrical and symmetrical peer feedback.
English as the Medium of Instruction in Turkish Higher Education, 2022
English-medium instruction (EMI) has already been an inseparable component of numerous tertiary e... more English-medium instruction (EMI) has already been an inseparable component of numerous tertiary education systems across the globe. As a receptive skill, reading is considered to be the main input source in EMI contexts. Given the gap between departmental studies and intensive English programs, the complexity of reading texts in EMI courses can place a burden on university students, especially for those who cannot employ effective reading strategies. Therefore, this mixed method study aims to investigate the metacognitive reading strategies used by students at a technical university in Turkey where EMI is implemented in engineering departments. To triangulate the quantitative data retrieved from a scale called Metacognitive Reading Strategies Questionnaire (MRSQ), a focus group interview session was conducted with six participants. For data analysis, NVivo 12 Pro and Amazon AWS Transcribe were used. The quantitative results showed that the participants tended to use analytic strategies (determining the meaning of critical words, visualizing descriptions and drawing on self-knowledge) more than pragmatic ones (re-reading for better comprehension and making notes to help them remember). However, the qualitative results revealed that the interviewed participants favored pragmatic strategies: they made notes, underlined critical information, translated and used margins for notetaking. In addition, the participants highlighted the importance of guidance by their EMI instructors as regards the use of strategies. The pedagogical implications of this study encourage the implementation of both analytic and pragmatic reading strategies in EMI settings and highlight the importance of PD (Professional Development) activities to train subject teachers in implementing strategies in their courses. Keywords Analytic strategies, English-Medium Instruction (EMI), Metacognitive reading strategies, Pragmatic strategies, Tertiary education
International Journal of Innovative Approaches in Education
International Journal for Educational Integrity
Academic integrity is a vital pedagogical responsibility that educational institutions should exp... more Academic integrity is a vital pedagogical responsibility that educational institutions should explicitly address. One of the best ways to uphold academic integrity is to create a culture of academic integrity throughout the school. This is especially imperative at high schools where students develop their moral identity because students who act dishonestly at high school will likely behave accordingly in post-secondary education and ultimately be dishonest in familial and professional settings. Creating a culture of academic integrity is a challenging, long and multifaceted journey. In this respect, this exploratory case study set out to create a culture of academic integrity at a high school in Türkiye and explore what facilitates and impedes the process. We followed Stephens’ (2016) Multilevel Intervention Model and implemented a School-Wide Education program to guide us through the process. We conducted various activities throughout one academic year, from seminars to competition...
Education and Information Technologies
I n today's digital age, Languages graduates need more speciic skills than luency in the foreign ... more I n today's digital age, Languages graduates need more speciic skills than luency in the foreign language and intercultural competence. Employers expect from all applicants a high level of computer literacy and a set of soft skills such as creativity or the ability to solve problems and work on team projects. Modern Foreign Language (MFL) departments should therefore promote teaching techniques that would enable their graduates to become employable, at the same time ensuring that the students become aware of their own professional and personal development. This article provides an example of projects concentrated speciically on development of technology and media skills.
Springer International Publishing eBooks, 2023
The Literacy Trek, Jun 27, 2021
Gamification and game-based learning have been around since 2008 and have become more important b... more Gamification and game-based learning have been around since 2008 and have become more important by the 2015s. Academics and educators, whether in the educational sector or professional development in the corporate world, recognise the many benefits of either using game-based learning or gamifying learning modules because they bring about greater engagement from participants, allow for knowledge retention and skills acquisition through practice immersion and so on. The European Network for Academic Integrity formed a working group in 2019 to look at the gamification of “academic integrity” and to support the greater community in this matter. Consisting of multidisciplinary, multinational members, the group actively works towards knowledge building, capacity building and ultimately proposing a multitude of resources that can help educators everywhere in training and raising awareness on academic integrity by means of gamification. In its first year of formation, the group looked at pr...
This study aims to reveal English language academicians and postgraduate students’ ambitions abou... more This study aims to reveal English language academicians and postgraduate students’ ambitions about involving in research studies in a developing country, Turkey. To collect data, a questionnaire was constructed and delivered to 159 ELT academicians and students to learn about their knowledge of writing a research report, experiences in research and writing a research report, and perception of difficulty in different sections of a research report. Besides, semi-constructed interviews were also administered to 12 academicians. The results indicated significant differences between academicians and students. Besides, discussion was regarded as the most difficult part whereas writing references was the easiest. Although participants reported their experiences in constructing the skeleton of a research paper, they regarded themselves weak in long run studies.
This study compared the impact of ‘open’ and ‘anonymous’ peer feedback in a digital environment b... more This study compared the impact of ‘open’ and ‘anonymous’ peer feedback in a digital environment by implementing an ‘anonymous multi-mediated writing model’ to enable a balanced distribution of asymmetrical and symmetrical feedback anonymously. The data were gathered from 60 students on an academic writing course at a Turkish university who were divided into two groups with similar writing proficiency and subcategorized as ‘good’, ‘moderate’ and ‘weak’. For each assignment they peer reviewed three papers from each subcategory, either anonymously or openly. After receiving feedback, they revised and resubmitted their assignments. The findings revealed the positive effects of anonymity, which encouraged students to provide a more honest critique of each other’s work. Moreover, EAP learners at different proficiency levels benefited due to the balanced distribution of asymmetrical and symmetrical peer feedback.
English as the Medium of Instruction in Turkish Higher Education, 2022
English-medium instruction (EMI) has already been an inseparable component of numerous tertiary e... more English-medium instruction (EMI) has already been an inseparable component of numerous tertiary education systems across the globe. As a receptive skill, reading is considered to be the main input source in EMI contexts. Given the gap between departmental studies and intensive English programs, the complexity of reading texts in EMI courses can place a burden on university students, especially for those who cannot employ effective reading strategies. Therefore, this mixed method study aims to investigate the metacognitive reading strategies used by students at a technical university in Turkey where EMI is implemented in engineering departments. To triangulate the quantitative data retrieved from a scale called Metacognitive Reading Strategies Questionnaire (MRSQ), a focus group interview session was conducted with six participants. For data analysis, NVivo 12 Pro and Amazon AWS Transcribe were used. The quantitative results showed that the participants tended to use analytic strategies (determining the meaning of critical words, visualizing descriptions and drawing on self-knowledge) more than pragmatic ones (re-reading for better comprehension and making notes to help them remember). However, the qualitative results revealed that the interviewed participants favored pragmatic strategies: they made notes, underlined critical information, translated and used margins for notetaking. In addition, the participants highlighted the importance of guidance by their EMI instructors as regards the use of strategies. The pedagogical implications of this study encourage the implementation of both analytic and pragmatic reading strategies in EMI settings and highlight the importance of PD (Professional Development) activities to train subject teachers in implementing strategies in their courses. Keywords Analytic strategies, English-Medium Instruction (EMI), Metacognitive reading strategies, Pragmatic strategies, Tertiary education
The international conference Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond aims to be a forum for sharing b... more The international conference Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond aims to be a forum for sharing best practices and experiences by addressing issues of academic integrity. The conference brings together several prominent names in the field of academic integrity from all over the world. With regards to the crucial role of ethics and honesty in academic work, universities are in need of more effective policies against infringements of academic standards. The conference therefore aims to contribute to the standardization of consistent and transparent approaches to issues of academic integrity from several perspectives, such as detection and prevention of plagiarism, the impact of text-matching software, types of plagiarism, teaching norms of best practice, and institutional and national standards. As academic integrity is considered to be culturally bound, standardizing policies and practices related to ethical issues requires a careful examination of several related cases from different countries. Due to its geographical location, Turkey bridges not only the continents of Europe and Asia but also various cultures, making it a perfect location for a conference that convenes researchers from all over the world. Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond is jointly organized by Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Mendel University in Brno, and theEuropean Network for Academic Integrity and is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
Dear Colleague, It is our pleasure to invite you to the ‘4th Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond ... more Dear Colleague,
It is our pleasure to invite you to the ‘4th Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond Conference,’ which will be jointly organized by Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Mendel University in Brno, and the European Network for Academic Integrity in Ephesus, Turkey, between 9-11 May 2018. The conference aims to provide a forum for sharing best practices and experiences by addressing issues of academic integrity. We hope to bring several prominent names in the field of academic integrity together from all over the world, beginning with our keynote speakers Tracey Bretag, Lex Bouter, Teddi Fishman, and David Thornton, as well as our plenary speakers Tomáš Foltýnek and Irene Glendinning.
With regards to the crucial role of ethics and honesty in academic work, universities are in need of more effective policies for fostering academic integrity. The conference therefore aims to contribute to the standardization of consistent and transparent approaches to issues of academic integrity from several perspectives. As academic integrity is considered to be culturally bound, standardizing policies and practices related to ethical issues requires a careful examination of several related cases from different countries. Due to its geographic location, Turkey bridges not only the continents of Europe and Asia but also various cultures, making it a perfect location for a conference that brings together distinguished researchers from all over the world.
For information on registration and abstract submission, please visit our website: plagiarism.cz. Note that a limited number of ENAI Awards and Punjab Higher Education Council Awards are available as financial support for delegates who apply by the 30 November 2017 deadline. Please visit the “Fees & Awards” section of our website for more information on how to apply.
Additionally, there will be three publication opportunities for the full texts of papers presented at the conference. The International Journal for Educational Integrity, which is published by Springer Open, will publish a special issue for selected papers. In addition, an edited international book will be published by Peter Lang and an e-book will be published by Nobel Press. Please note that all three publication options are subject to rigorous peer review.
The Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond Conference aims to be a truly international forum. In 2017, the conference convened 112 delegates from 49 countries, and we expect the number of delegates joining from different countries to be even higher in 2018. Embracing the spirit of international cooperation, the 2018 conference organization consists of a collaborative team of academicians from 22 different countries forming its committees and scientific boards.
We hope you will join us in Ephesus, Turkey, in 2018. As this will mark the first time the conference is being held outside its birthplace of Brno, your attendance at the conference would be a great honor to us. We would like to express our gratitude for your interest, and we look forward to seeing you next year.
Yours sincerely,
Conference Organizing Committee
Critical thinking: Theory and practice , 2019
This chapter will introduce reader-response theory by drawing attention to its relevance to criti... more This chapter will introduce reader-response theory by drawing attention to its relevance to critical reading. Reading models and approaches to reading will be detailed with regard to the different conceptualisations of what reading is. Different descriptions of reader-response theory will be provided and these will lead to the discussion of the benefits of reader-response theory. Possible applications of reader-response theory will be introduced with reference to important issues that should be taken into account in making reading classes in line with reader-response theory. In the application section, a sample, step-by-step lesson procedure that follows reader-response theory is introduced.
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Foreign language learning and teaching 4 , 2016
Towards consistency and transparency in academic integrity , 2018