Study and Investigation of Barriers to Action Research from the Perspective of Teachers in the Elementary School of Marvdasht City

Keshtvarz Kondazi, Ehsan; Shokouhi, Mohammadjafar

Study and Investigation of Barriers to Action Research from the Perspective of Teachers in the Elementary School of Marvdasht City

Document Type : research paper

Authors

¹ Instructor, M. A in Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch, Marvdasht, Iran

² Ph.D Student of Educational Administration, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch, Marvdasht, Iran

Abstract

Action research is aimed at developing new skills or approaches to problem-solving in educational and work environments. Action research is a function of the position and begins by identifying a problem in a certain domain, and continues to work to solve that problem. In fact, it is a suitable method for identifying and solving school problems. In recent years, teachers have come to know more about this method. The purpose of this study was to investigate barriers to action research from the viewpoint of male and female elementary school teachers in Marvdasht city. The present research is descriptive and correlational. The research community consists of all male and female teachers in the Marvdasht district. Cluster sampling was done. 132 male teachers and 50 female teachers were selected as the research sample. A questionnaire was used to collect information. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The results of the research show that there is a meaningful relation between methodological barriers, individual characteristics, organizational barriers, legal and administrative obstacles and teachers' action research.

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