An Analysis of College Teachers’ Awareness about Conducting Action Research for Effective Teaching

Saima Naz; Sufiana Khatoon Malik

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An Analysis of College Teachers’ Awareness about Conducting Action Research for Effective Teaching

Saima Naz, Sufiana Khatoon Malik

Published in International Journal of Secondary Education (Volume 2, Issue 1)

Received: 8 November 2013 Published: 28 February 2014

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The present research is a conceptual research which addresses college teachers of awareness about the concept and procedure of action research in public sector colleges in Pakistan. It was assumed that college teachers of public sector are not aware about the concept and procedure of action research. Related literature was reviewed in order to generate few descriptive type questions for data collection. Informal interviews and structured interview were held in order to collect data from the staff members. Forty college teachers, including experienced, senior and junior, were selected as sample from different colleges of Rawalpindi Division. The researcher analyzed data in qualitative form. Findings of the study depicts that college teachers are not familiar with technical concept and procedure of action research. However, they do conduct action research regular basis in their class rooms for bringing quality in teaching and learning. Based on findings it was suggested that college teachers might be provided training in how to conduct action research in order to make their teaching effective to get full benefits of action research.

Published in	International Journal of Secondary Education (Volume 2, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijsedu.20140201.12
Page(s)	7-10
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College, Teachers, Awareness, Action Research, Effective Teaching, Training

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[2]	Stevenson, Understanding Action Research, Faculty Advisor, May, 2003 www.coe.fau.edu/sfcel/sensdata.htm.
[3]	Carrie Eunyoung Hong, William Paterson University, Salika A. Lawrence, William Paterson University,Action Research in Teacher Education: Classroom Inquiry, Reflection,and Data-Driven Decision Making,2011
[4]	Anna Uhl Chamot, Sarah Barnhardt, Susan Dirstine, CONDUCTING ACTION RESEARCH IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM, Northeast Conference 1998,New York, NY,Anna

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Saima Naz, Sufiana Khatoon Malik. An Analysis of College Teachers’ Awareness about Conducting Action Research for Effective Teaching. Int J Second Educ. 2014;2(1):7-10. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsedu.20140201.12

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Saima Naz

Education Department, National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad, Pakistan
Sufiana Khatoon Malik

Education Department, National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad, Pakistan

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Saima Naz; Sufiana Khatoon Malik. An Analysis of College Teachers’ Awareness about Conducting Action Research for Effective Teaching. Int. J. Second. Educ. 2014, 2(1), 7-10. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsedu.20140201.12

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Saima Naz, Sufiana Khatoon Malik. An Analysis of College Teachers’ Awareness about Conducting Action Research for Effective Teaching. Int J Second Educ. 2014;2(1):7-10. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsedu.20140201.12

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