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      Foreign Language Faculty Research-Related Beliefs, Perceptions, and Research Motivation at Three Mexican Universities Translated title: Motivación, creencias y percepciones hacia la investigación de profesores de lenguas extranjeras en tres universidades mexicanas

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          Abstract This paper examines the research self-efficacy beliefs, research motivation, and perceptions of research importance and research obstacles of 100 professors and lecturers of foreign languages at three Mexican universities. Survey results show that faculty hold moderate to high research self-efficacy beliefs, are highly motivated to conduct research, think research in the area is very important, and perceive that lack of time is the main obstacle to conducting research. The lack of fit between most participants’ relatively high self-efficacy and limited research engagement suggests the possibility that faculty overestimate their research abilities. The implications of these findings are also discussed.

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          Resumen Este artículo examina las creencias de autoeficacia para la investigación, la motivación, las percepciones sobre la importancia de esta actividad y los obstáculos que enfrentan 100 profesores de lenguas extranjeras de tres universidades mexicanas para realizarla. Los resultados de una encuesta mostraron que los profesores albergan creencias sobre su eficacia en investigación que van de moderadas a altas. Igualmente, éstos se dicen muy motivados para realizar investigación y la consideran una actividad importante para el área. El obstáculo más recurrentemente mencionado fue la falta de tiempo. La poca consistencia entre el sentido alto de autoeficacia de la mayoría de los participantes y su limitado compromiso para la investigación sugieren la posibilidad de que los profesores hayan sobrevalorado sus habilidades investigativas. Finalmente, se discuten las implicaciones de estos hallazgos.

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                Role: ND
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
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                Profile Issues in Teachers` Professional Development
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                Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. (Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia )
                1657-0790
                December 2018
                : 20
                : 2
                : 35-49
                Affiliations
                [3] Chetumal orgnameUniversidad de Quintana Roo Mexico mdperales@ 123456uqroo.edu.mx
                [2] Chetumal orgnameUniversidad de Quintana Roo Mexico grises@ 123456uqroo.edu.mx
                [1] Chetumal orgnameUniversidad de Quintana Roo Mexico rosreyes@ 123456uqroo.edu.mx
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                S1657-07902018000200035
                10.15446/profile.v20n2.66008
                10a893f8-fe73-4195-99bb-16b815acc4f2

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 01 February 2018
                : 30 June 2017
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