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Volume 7, Numéro 1, Pages 125-136
2018-12-31

Action Research For Teaching Improvement, Quality Assurance And Professional Development

Authors : Benabdallah Nacereddine .

Abstract

One of the most fundamental concerns of post-secondary education is to improve teaching and assure quality through the promotion of research. The present reflective piece is an attempt to shed light on the commendable merit of action research in achieving such aim. Traditionally, research in social sciences relied on experiences, notes, and efforts made by outside experts. Action research, however, aims at changing and improving instructional situations. It fosters the community of practice to become more collaboratively reflective, analytical, and critical of their own actions and hence more professionally developed. In all, it advocates social, democratic change of individuals and communities as well as their well-being

Keywords

Teaching improvement - Quality Assurance - Professional Development