Towards Understanding EFL Teachers’ Conceptions of Research: Findings From Argentina
This paper investigates the conceptions of research held by English as a foreign language teachers in Argentina. Quantitative data from 622 participants from an online questionnaire were followed by qualitative data from online interviews with 40 of those participants. Results show that the teachers...
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2018-01-01
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| description | This paper investigates the conceptions of research held by English as a foreign language teachers in Argentina. Quantitative data from 622 participants from an online questionnaire were followed by qualitative data from online interviews with 40 of those participants. Results show that the teachers conceptualised research through conventional notions closer to a quantitative paradigm. They felt research was not part of their job, and a lack of time was the main reason for not engaging in/with research. Teacher development, agency, empowerment, and autonomy could be sought by engaging teachers with forms of research which are meaningful to them, such as action research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac2019c8e5354f56bbb2b926f2637f2a2023-09-02T06:31:38ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902018-01-01201577210.15446/profile.v20n1.61881Towards Understanding EFL Teachers’ Conceptions of Research: Findings From ArgentinaDarío Luis Banegas0Ministerio de Educación del ChubutThis paper investigates the conceptions of research held by English as a foreign language teachers in Argentina. Quantitative data from 622 participants from an online questionnaire were followed by qualitative data from online interviews with 40 of those participants. Results show that the teachers conceptualised research through conventional notions closer to a quantitative paradigm. They felt research was not part of their job, and a lack of time was the main reason for not engaging in/with research. Teacher development, agency, empowerment, and autonomy could be sought by engaging teachers with forms of research which are meaningful to them, such as action research.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/61881Agencyresearch engagementteacher developmentteacher research |
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| title | Towards Understanding EFL Teachers’ Conceptions of Research: Findings From Argentina |
| title_full | Towards Understanding EFL Teachers’ Conceptions of Research: Findings From Argentina |
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| title_short | Towards Understanding EFL Teachers’ Conceptions of Research: Findings From Argentina |
| title_sort | towards understanding efl teachers conceptions of research findings from argentina |
| topic | Agency research engagement teacher development teacher research |
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