Problems Teachers Face When Doing Action Research and Finding Possible Solutions

Jun, Zhou

doi:10.2753/ced1061-1932450405

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“…As there is insufficient training for the teachers to conduct research activities, teachers did not feel confident to begin conceptualizing and writing research. Zhou (2012), who conducted the same study in China also reported similar findings. He found that teachers did not have a clear understanding of what a research is.…”

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Philippine Classroom Teachers as Researchers: Teachers’ Perceptions, Motivations, and Challenges

Ulla¹,

BARRERA²,

Acompanado³

2017

AJTE

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 73%

Philippine Classroom Teachers as Researchers: Teachers’ Perceptions, Motivations, and Challenges

Ulla¹,

BARRERA²,

Acompanado³

2017

AJTE

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“…Based on the findings, the participants' understanding of action research implementation is very limited. This is also supported by Nor' Azah's (2007) findings, which showed that educators' knowledge of action research is not high and that they lack an understanding of the action research concept (Jun Zhou 2013;Othman 2011;Shamsahhimi 2007). Understanding that is not in-depth will cause educators to be less than confident when conducting action research.…”

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confidence: 61%

“…This is because of the unwillingness of educators to conduct action research (Jun Zhou, 2013;Shamsahhimi 2007;Price & Valli 2005). In addition, educators are not prepared to implement action research (Shamsahhimi 2007;Nor' Azah 2007).…”

Section: Action Research Implementation Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is supported by Nor' Azah's (2007) findings, which showed that educators' knowledge and skills regarding action research are not high, even when they have a positive attitude toward the implementation of action research. There is especially a lack of understanding of the concept of action research (Jun Zhou 2013;Othman 2011;Shamsahhimi 2007) and a lack of skills to implement action research (Nor' Azah 2007). In conjunction, the implementation of action research in schools is low.…”

Section: Action Research Implementation Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, educators are not prepared to implement action research (Shamsahhimi 2007;Nor' Azah 2007). Among the issues often raised by teachers regarding action research are time constraints and heavy workloads (Jun Zhou 2013;Othman 2011;Volk 2010;Nor' Azah 2007). Action research is not an official duty of an educator; however, it is regarded as a burden by them.…”

Section: Action Research Implementation Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Empowering Teaching, Learning, and Supervision

Othman¹,

Yee²

2015

jmr

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Education plays a vital role in the economic growth and development of a country. In an education setting, the effectiveness of the teaching and learning process and supervision (TLS) is the most important determinant of a country's future success. Thus, educators should ensure that implementation of the TLS process is effective and appropriate for their students.To this end, educators should engage often in action research in order to identify their students' problems and to seek solutions to those problems. This paper discusses current issues that prompted action research in order to determine whether coaching can be applied effectively to the TLS process. The research design is action research. Four postgraduate students who were willing volunteers were selected as research participants. Methods for collecting data included interviews, checklists regarding coaching sessions, and coaching forms, such as coaching session log sheets, coaching progress log sheets, and evaluations by coachees. Discussion focuses on the GROW coaching model and how this model can be adapted to the Kolb Cycle Model in order to make the TLS process more powerful. The findings showed that the coaching strategies were successful in improving the four participants' understanding and skills pertaining to action research implementation.

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AgileTL: A Framework for Enhancing Teaching and Learning Practices Using Software Development Principles

Leung

2018

Communications in Computer and Information Science

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Problems Teachers Face When Doing Action Research and Finding Possible Solutions

Cited by 23 publications

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Philippine Classroom Teachers as Researchers: Teachers’ Perceptions, Motivations, and Challenges

Philippine Classroom Teachers as Researchers: Teachers’ Perceptions, Motivations, and Challenges

Empowering Teaching, Learning, and Supervision

AgileTL: A Framework for Enhancing Teaching and Learning Practices Using Software Development Principles

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