Quantitative and qualitative research on English language teachers' professional development through action research projects

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370753
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Kindai University
• Principal Investigator: MIKAMI Akihiro 近畿大学, 経営学部, 教授 (80321446)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 英語教育 / アクション・リサーチ / 英語教師の成長 / 教師教育 / 英語教師の専門能力 / 自己評価チェックリスト

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Self-Evaluation Checklist was developed as a reflection tool for English language teachers to deliberate on and evaluate their professional competencies. This checklist was used to examine English language teachers’ transformation through action research projects. Results revealed different consequences in their professional competency subcategories. Qualitative analysis on the interview data implied that action research projects influenced a wider range of fields in teacher development that the self-evaluation checklist cannot measure.

Free Research Field

人文学