This conceptual paper reviews the extant literature on action research/teacher led inquiry
and answers the question: How and in what circumstances can action research improve …

Action Research is now frequently practiced and promoted as a form of continuing
professional development for language teachers, with recent studies reporting many …

This paper explores professional learning as teachers engage in action research to improve
their practices. Despite many contributions on professional learning communities and their …

This work interrupts the current “consulting students” discourse that positions students as
service clients and thus renders more problematic the concept of student voice in ways that it …

The study aims to examine the teaching and learning intervention in the educational setting
as implemented in terms of student interest, learning reflection, direct instruction, learning …

Learner agency is often seen unproblematically as an integral aspect of 'twenty-first century
lifelong learning'. Agency and instrumentalist forms of teacher professional development are …

This book is a practical guide for English language teachers and teacher educators seeking
to carry out and promote teacher action research within their institutional context. Based on …

This article addresses the need for 'coherent, holistic frameworks offering insightful
understandings as well as viable, connected and synergistic solutions to schools'. We …

Teachers' engagement with and understanding of educational research and data is an
increasing concern for policy-makers around the globe. With unprecedented access to, and …

This article seeks to extend current understandings of educational action research,
particularly how teachers' actions, talk and ongoing relatings can serve as a vehicle for …