Efl state school teachers? perceptıons on ın-servıce teacher development programs ın the Turkısh educatıonal system

The aims of this study are to figure out the EFL state school teachers? perceptions on in-service teacher development programs, to determine the factors that force the EFL state school teachers to attend in-service development programs and to reveal the fields that need to be improved. The participants of the study were 100 EFL teachers working in state schools. The data was gathered through using a questionnaire. The gathered data was analyzed by using mean scores and standard deviation. The analysis of the obtained data revealed that the EFL state school teachers believe in-service development activities have beneficial contributions for their organizational and individual improvements. Furthermore, it has been seen that ??scientific, technological and social developments?? is the primary grounded factor that causes the teachers to get in-service development programs.