Developing English Language Teachers’ Action Research Competencies Through an Exploratory Action Research Project
This article reports the impact of an exploratory action research (EAR) project on developing teachers’ action research competencies. Through various face-to-face and online activities, the project facilitated four English language teachers to conduct EAR in their teaching contexts. Qualitative data...
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2025-01-01
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| description | This article reports the impact of an exploratory action research (EAR) project on developing teachers’ action research competencies. Through various face-to-face and online activities, the project facilitated four English language teachers to conduct EAR in their teaching contexts. Qualitative data were collected through reflective journals and WhatsApp group chats. Data reveal that each participating teacher critically reflected on the teaching context, selected a research question, collected and interpreted evidence, designed and evaluated an action, and disseminated their research. The findings imply that teachers’ participation in EAR can develop their action-research competencies and ability to integrate teaching and research for their continuing professional development. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3dee5dbad9ac412095d3c41a9be9e9f22025-01-16T16:04:18ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902256-57602025-01-01271132910.15446/profile.v27n1.113465Developing English Language Teachers’ Action Research Competencies Through an Exploratory Action Research ProjectLakshmana Rao Pinninti0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0300-6339Indian Institute of Technology KanpurThis article reports the impact of an exploratory action research (EAR) project on developing teachers’ action research competencies. Through various face-to-face and online activities, the project facilitated four English language teachers to conduct EAR in their teaching contexts. Qualitative data were collected through reflective journals and WhatsApp group chats. Data reveal that each participating teacher critically reflected on the teaching context, selected a research question, collected and interpreted evidence, designed and evaluated an action, and disseminated their research. The findings imply that teachers’ participation in EAR can develop their action-research competencies and ability to integrate teaching and research for their continuing professional development.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/113465action-research competenciescontinuing professional developmentenglish language teachersexploratory action researchteacher research |
| spellingShingle | Lakshmana Rao Pinninti Developing English Language Teachers’ Action Research Competencies Through an Exploratory Action Research Project Profile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development action-research competencies continuing professional development english language teachers exploratory action research teacher research |
| title | Developing English Language Teachers’ Action Research Competencies Through an Exploratory Action Research Project |
| title_full | Developing English Language Teachers’ Action Research Competencies Through an Exploratory Action Research Project |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Developing English Language Teachers’ Action Research Competencies Through an Exploratory Action Research Project |
| title_short | Developing English Language Teachers’ Action Research Competencies Through an Exploratory Action Research Project |
| title_sort | developing english language teachers action research competencies through an exploratory action research project |
| topic | action-research competencies continuing professional development english language teachers exploratory action research teacher research |
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