Exploring the Experiences of Faculty-Led Teams in Conducting Action Research

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Qi; Amundsen, Cheryl
Titel	Exploring the Experiences of Faculty-Led Teams in Conducting Action Research
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 6 (2015) 1, Artikel 8 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1918-2902
DOI	10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2015.1.8
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Case Studies; Action Research; Grants; Teamwork; Instructional Improvement; Foreign Countries; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Teacher Attitudes; Science Education; Science Teachers; Program Descriptions; Canada (Vancouver) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Projektforschung; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Unterrichtsqualität; Ausland; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie; Lehrerverhalten; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	Action research has been suggested as a useful way to support university faculty to improve teaching and learning. However, there seems to be little knowledge about how faculty (and those who work with them) experience the process of doing action research. In order to explore team members' in-depth experience about what they learned and how they experienced conducting action research, this study documented the experiences of two action research project teams supported through an initiative at Simon Fraser University, the "Teaching and Learning Development Grants" program (TLDG). Using case study methodology, multiple types of data were collected and analyzed through an iterative process. The results showed that all the team members perceived they had developed professional knowledge through participating in the projects. Most team members perceived a positive experience of teamwork as well as satisfaction with the experience of conducting action research. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Western Ontario and Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Mills Memorial Library Room 504, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L6, Canada. Tel: 905-525-9140; e-mail: info@cjsotl-rcacea.ca; Web site: http://www.cjsotl-rcacea.ca/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01