From the assement of the ivory tower: English teachers as collaborative researchers

From the assement of the ivory tower: English teachers as collaborative researchers

• Firkins, Arthur TWGHs Mr. and Mrs. Kwong Sik Kwan College, Hong Kong
• Wong, Cherry TWGHs Mr. and Mrs. Kwong Sik Kwan College, Hong Kong

English Teaching: Practice & Critique, 4(2), 62-71, 2005

Universidad del Zulia

2005

• T Educational Research
  • TB Study of Research Activities
• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MF Characteristics & Conditions of Educational Workers
• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GB English Language

Teacher Researchers English Teachers Educational Research Action Research Research Projects Professional Development Barriers College School Cooperation Foreign Countries Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

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This article reports on both writers' experiences as participants in a collaborative action research project in Hong Kong. The article draws a distinction between teachers as research consumers and teachers as research producers. The authors suggest that active teacher agency in research is a positive element in the professional development of English teachers. Teachers primarily become research producers through involvement in some form of action research project. Although action research is increasingly recognized as a teacher competency in Hong Kong, it is nevertheless difficult for teachers to initiate and conduct when research is not seen as a core professional activity by their school with subsequent limited support. The authors view collaboration with professional researchers as a positive way for teachers to be apprenticed into the research process. The article ends by suggesting possible strategies that would support and encourage teachers to undertake research.
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2010-11-28