البحث الإجرائي لدى معلمات اللغة العربية بالتعليم العام : دراسة في الوعي، و طبيعة الخبرة، و مستوى التطبيق

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The study aimed to explore the awareness of Arabic language teachers in Madinah toward action research, their experience, and the level of practices in professional development.

The qualitative approach was adopted, and data collection included focus group method of(22)Arabic language teachers in(6)schools at the three phases of Education:Primary,intermediate,and secondary in the academic year1439/1440H.A Semi-structured interview was prepared.Inaddition,examined the portfolio of teachers’performance,and other written evidence.The Credibility,Dependability andConfirmability criteria for the study were provided.The analysis of qualitative data shows results that deal with threeaspects:First,Awareness:As most of the teachers did not have any knowledge of the concepts of action research.Weaknessof spelling and composition was the most important problem in teaching Arabic language,as administrative and supervisorybarriers had also a significant impact in the absence of the action research practices.Teachers have optimistic expectationsof its future production and the proposal of specific procedures for its broadcasting,the most important of which is:trainingand exchange of experiences.Second,the teachers’experience:participants showed deep conviction of the importance ofaction research and the desire for professional development.Third,Level of application:the variance of the teachers in theimplementation of some specific steps to address the problems of language without commitment to scientific methodologyor documentation.In light of the results,the study recommended enriching the professional development plan for Arabiclanguage teachers with integrated training programs on action research.The study also recommended further research for acase study of successful models for implementation action research and to explore teachers’?experience in various?disciplines and their practice.