Abstract:
This study aimed to analyze high school EFL teachers’ attitudes toward collaborative action research (CAR). This study was of both qualitative and quantitative types. The number of the selected samples of this research, based on the convenience sampling method, were 20 male and female EFL teachers teaching at the Education and Training Organization of Isfahan Province. As the instrument of this research, they were given the standard questionnaire of Savaskan (2013) and Byrnes (2009) to fill. Then, the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-test through SPSS Software, version 25. According to the obtained results, based on descriptive statistics, both male and female teachers had a positive attitude toward collaborative action research. (56.25% of the answers were under average (3) which showd a more positive attitude). Also, in comparison with the female teachers, male ones had a more positive attitude toward collaborative action research (2.70˂2.95). Conducting such research in this realm paves the way to make sure about the right selection of the teaching techniques in general, and collaborative action research and its subcategories in particular.
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Junior High School EFL Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Collaborative Action Research Parisa Ghafoori, English Department, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran parisaghafoori1366@gmail.
com Abstract This study aimed to analyze high school EFL teachers’ attitudes toward collaborative action research (CAR).
According to the obtained results, based on descriptive statistics, both male and female teachers had a positive attitude toward collaborative action research.
Metin (2011) studied and analyzed the attitudes of EFL primary school teachers in an alternative assessment of seven variables including age, nationality, degree, major, teaching experience, in-service training, and educational zone over a period of time.
Do high school male EFL teachers have positive attitudes towards collaborative action research?
Do high school female EFL teachers have positive attitudes towards collaborative action research?
Is there any significant difference between male and female EFL high school teachers’ attitudes towards collaborative action research?
, 2009; Alkharusi, Aldhafri, Alnabhani, & Alkalbani, 2012; Gonzales & Aliponga, 2012; Tangdhanakanond & Wongwanich, 2012).
Methodology The current study investigates the attitudes of Iranian high school EFL teachers towards collaborative action research.
Results The first research question addressed whether high school male EFL teachers have positive attitudes towards collaborative action research.
The findings of the descriptive statistics revealed that high school male EFL teachers had a positive attitude towards collaborative action research.
The results of this investigation provided support for the hypothesis that firstly, both male and female high school teachers have a positive attitude toward collaborative action research 56.