Initiating an Action Research Programme for University EFL Teachers: Early Experiences and Responses

Autor/inn/en	Burns, Anne; Westmacott, Anne; Ferrer, Antonieta Hidalgo
Titel	Initiating an Action Research Programme for University EFL Teachers: Early Experiences and Responses
Quelle	In: Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 4 (2016) 3, S.55-73 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2322-1291
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Language Teachers; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Action Research; Foreign Countries; Program Development; Workshops; Meetings; Observation; Questionnaires; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Collaboration; Time Factors (Learning); Student Participation; Faculty Development; Chile (Santiago) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Projektforschung; Ausland; Programmplanung; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Meeting; Tagung; Beobachtung; Fragebogen; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrerkooperation; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung
Abstract	Accounts of how teacher educators begin to plan, develop, and support action research programmes for language teachers are rare, as are descriptions of the responses of the teachers who participate. This article documents and analyses the initial processes of introducing and supporting a new programme of action research for language teachers at the Universidad Chileno-Británica de Cultura (UCBC) in Santiago, Chile. To evaluate the setting up of the programme and how the teachers have perceived it in its early stages, the authors, who are the programme facilitators, have conducted a meta-study. Data include workshop and meeting recordings, workshop observation notes, a reflective account, and a teacher questionnaire. The findings indicate that the teachers value the input and collaboration provided by an initial workshop, and subsequent meetings and discussions, very highly, but that issues of time, student involvement, and academic literature are areas for further debate and development. The article ends by drawing out the broader implications for UCBC and for others wishing to initiate similar action research programmes. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Urmia University Press. Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Urmia, 165, Iran; Tel: +98-44-32752741; Fax: +98-44-32752746; e-mail: info@urmia.ac.ir; Web site: http://www.urmia.ac.ir/ijltr
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01