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The involvement of school teachers in research‐related activities: Extent, quality and predictors
Author(s) -
Papanastasiou Elena C.,
Karagiorgi Yasemina
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
european journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1465-3435
pISSN - 0141-8211
DOI - 10.1111/ejed.12364
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , quality (philosophy) , psychology , sample (material) , school teachers , medical education , mathematics education , pedagogy , medicine , geography , philosophy , epistemology , chemistry , archaeology , chromatography
In view of the need to develop school teachers as research‐oriented professionals and the reported complexities of this endeavour internationally, this article explores teacher involvement in research‐related‐activities in Cyprus. It aims to measure the extent and quality of such involvement and explore possible predictors. Data were collected from a sample of 420 public primary and secondary school teachers. Most respondents reported involvement in activities for the consumption of research, which was found to be related to teachers' background in research methods courses and work context (primary/secondary school). Teachers' involvement in activities for the production of research was less extensive, whilst statistical associations with the specific background variables were not traced. On the basis of the findings, recommendations for the transition towards research‐oriented teachers are discussed in terms of developing research knowledge, skills and attitudes and providing supportive measures to schools.