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'Between Think Big and Hit Hard' Exploring the Role of Teacher Agency in Becoming Action Researchers: The Egyptian Context
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Emam, Mahmoud Mohamed; Hilal, Yara Yasser; Mohamed, Nora; Al-Mahdy, Yasser F. Hendawy – Educational Action Research, 2023
The study examined how teacher agency is manifested in Egyptian schools, how action research is perceived, and to what extent school contextual factors support or restrict teachers' agency to become action researchers. Interviews with 40 teachers from schools in northern and southern Egypt were conducted and analysed using the thematic analysis…
Descriptors: Action Research, Professional Autonomy, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment
Incorporating Nearpod in Undergraduate Financial Accounting Classes in Egypt
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Shehata, Nermeen; Mitry, Caroline; Shawki, Maha; El-Helaly, Moataz – Accounting Education, 2020
This paper presents the results of a Classroom Action Research (CAR) on the use of Nearpod, an online platform that facilitates the use of interactive teaching material using mobile devices, to conduct a formative assessment in the classroom. There are two aims of this study. First, exploring the effectiveness of using Nearpod to conduct in-class…
Descriptors: Accounting, Professional Education, Action Research, Introductory Courses
Towards Improving Content and Instruction of the "TESOL/TEFL for Special Needs" Course: An Action Research Study
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Abdallah, Mahmoud M. S. – Educational Action Research, 2017
Action research (AR)--as a participatory, problem-oriented methodology--has been employed recently in Egypt to resolve complicated classroom and learning problems, and provide context-based solutions. Simultaneously, new "special education" courses have been included recently in the university bylaws of Egyptian colleges of education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Improvement, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Pedagogical Action Research Projects to Improve the Teaching Skills of Egyptian EFL Student Teachers
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Ahmad, Samah Zakareya – Online Submission, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Pedagogical Action Research Projects on Egyptian EFL student teachers' teaching skills. Participants of the study--31 EFL students at Suez Faculty of Education, Suez Canal University--were pretested on teaching skills. Each participant completed a Pedagogical Action Research Project as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Action Research, Student Research
Education for Sustainable Development: Experiences from Action Research with Science Teachers
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El-Deghaidy, Heba – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2012
This study reports on Egyptian science teachers' experiences in collective action research projects with a focus on education for sustainable development (ESD). Science teachers were enrolled in a study course "Teaching Strategies" that had been revised with a focus on sustainability. The course was introduced in the spring semester of…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Action Research, Science Teachers, Research Projects
Research Teaching Pedagogy: Lessons Learned from an Arabic Language Intervention Pilot Study
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Christ, Thomas W.; Elmetaher, Hosam – Research in the Schools, 2012
Teaching mixed methods and action research to graduate students has great advantages but also poses interesting challenges. The purpose of this article is to make transparent the process by which a mixed methods research instructor helped inform a student-researcher of the limitations in a pilot study that was compromised by methodology, including…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Mixed Methods Research, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Diglossic Needs of Illiterate Adult Women in Egypt: A Needs Assessment
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Khachan, Victor A. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2009
In light of the "rarity" and "unavailability" of academic publications on literacy/illiteracy in the Arab world, this study attempts to determine the linguistic needs of illiterate adult women in Egypt in the context of informal adult basic education. The purpose of this study is to understand illiterate adult women's daily…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Literacy Education, Action Research, Females