Teacher to Researcher: Reflections on a New Action Research Program for University EFL Teachers

One of the current challenges facing many universities is how to support teachers in becoming researchers. This article discusses the experiences at a small private Chilean university of a new action research programme that was developed as a vehicle for helping teachers to become involved in resear...

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Autores:
Burns, Anne
Westmacott, Anne
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2018
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/66877
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/66877
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/67905/
Palabra clave:
37 Educación / Education
8 Literatura y retórica / Literature
Action research programme
university teachers
docentes universitarios
programa de investigación-acción
Rights
openAccess
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Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:One of the current challenges facing many universities is how to support teachers in becoming researchers. This article discusses the experiences at a small private Chilean university of a new action research programme that was developed as a vehicle for helping teachers to become involved in research and write a research publication for peer-reviewed journals. We present findings from research into similar programmes about relevant factors for their success, describe the programme developed at the university with five English as a Foreign Language teachers in 2016, and discuss some reflections on this first year of the programme.