Iranian EFL Teachers’ Views on Action Research and Its Ap-plication in Their Classrooms: A Case Study

• Main Authors: Farzaneh Dehghan, Rahman Sahragard
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Uludag University 2015-06-01
• Series: Journal of Teacher Education and Educators
• Subjects: Action research; teachers' beliefs; professional development; EFL teachers; teacher education
• Online Access: http://jtee.org/document/issue7/MAKALE%203.pdf

Action research is an efficient way to help teachers overcome their problems and enhance the teaching and learning practices. As teachers' beliefs play an important role in determining their teaching practices, their beliefs about action research can influence their use of classroom research. A group of 89 English teachers participated in this study to answer the items of a questionnaire which explored their beliefs about action research. In-depth interviews were also conducted with three participants to complement data. The results showed that this group of teachers regarded action research as one of the research types which is the duty of professional researchers not teachers. From among reasons mentioned for not conducting action research in their classrooms, some guidelines are provided at the end.