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Carrying Out Collaborative Action Research in a Practicum
Author(s) -
Ho Belinda
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
tesol journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.468
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1949-3533
pISSN - 1056-7941
DOI - 10.1002/tesj.59
Subject(s) - practicum , action research , pedagogy , psychology , action (physics) , mathematics education , english language , teacher education , collaborative learning , medical education , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics
To help in‐service English teachers improve their teaching practices and pupils' learning opportunities through an enquiry‐oriented and cooperative approach, the author carried out collaborative action research during a practicum in a teacher education course at a university in Hong Kong. This article describes how the collaborative research projects were designed and implemented during an 8‐week practicum. Results of the action research show that the projects produced positive changes to students' learning and promoted teachers' development as English language professionals.