Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Date

2021

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education

Department

Instruction & Curriculum Leadership

Committee Chair

Amanda Rockinson-Szapkiw

Committee Member

Andrew Tawfik

Committee Member

Errol O'Neill

Committee Member

Deanna Garman

Abstract

This study examined the attitudes that Tennessee community college faculty hold toward online foreign language courses and the predictive correlational relationship between those attitudes and advising behaviors of the faculty in regard to online foreign language courses. According to the Reasoned Action Approach, formerly the Theory of Reasoned Action, attitudes, perceived social norm, and perceived behavioral control can be used to determine behavioral intention, which can predict future actions. The data collected from this cross-sectional descriptive and predictive correlational study was analyzed using a hierarchical multiple regression analysis to determine if there is a correlation between faculty attitudes, perceived social norm, and perceived behavioral control and their behavioral intention to advise students to take online foreign language courses. It was found that there is a correlation between a faculty members attitude toward online foreign language courses and behavioral intention. Because this study was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused a drastic change in course delivery, an analysis of the changes in attitudes, perceived social norm, and perceived behavioral control from before the pandemic to the current time was also done. While this study focused on the faculty at two community colleges located in Tennessee, more studies need to be completed to see if these attitudes are the same across the nation.

Comments

Data is provided by the student.

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to ProQuest

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