Pair Research Tasks: Promoting Educational Research with Pre-Service Teachers

This paper presents a study that explores the role of pair-work tasks to promote educational research in 20 pre-service English language teachers (eleven males and nine females) of a Colombian public university. The project was carried out to enhance educational research skills and knowledge by deve...

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Autores principales: Eulices Córdoba Zúñiga, Isabel Cristina Zuleta Vásquez, Uriel Moreno Moreno
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:37fa4f0eaa72444fa48eaa5e6e7210c72021-11-08T16:28:45ZPair Research Tasks: Promoting Educational Research with Pre-Service Teachers10.14483/22487085.163470123-46412248-7085https://doaj.org/article/37fa4f0eaa72444fa48eaa5e6e7210c72021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/16347https://doaj.org/toc/0123-4641https://doaj.org/toc/2248-7085This paper presents a study that explores the role of pair-work tasks to promote educational research in 20 pre-service English language teachers (eleven males and nine females) of a Colombian public university. The project was carried out to enhance educational research skills and knowledge by developing theoretical-practical pair-work research tasks. Data was collected through observation field notes, semi-structured interviews, and field journals. The results suggest that pair-work research tasks increased learners' opportunities to acquire theoretical and practical educational research knowledge and skills. Due to this exercise, the participants learned to define, formulate research objectives-questions, review the literature, and state research methodologies to finally write their research proposals. Additionally, pair-work research assignments offered an effective way to work together, negotiate, reach agreements, and gain experience by conducting theoretical and practical research exercises.Eulices Córdoba ZúñigaIsabel Cristina Zuleta VásquezUriel Moreno MorenoUniversidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldasarticleacademic research proposaleducational researchpair-workresearch knowledgetaskPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENESColombian Applied Linguistics Journal, Vol 23, Iss 2, Pp 196-212 (2021)
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topic academic research proposal
educational research
pair-work
research knowledge
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educational research
pair-work
research knowledge
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Philology. Linguistics
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Eulices Córdoba Zúñiga
Isabel Cristina Zuleta Vásquez
Uriel Moreno Moreno
Pair Research Tasks: Promoting Educational Research with Pre-Service Teachers
description This paper presents a study that explores the role of pair-work tasks to promote educational research in 20 pre-service English language teachers (eleven males and nine females) of a Colombian public university. The project was carried out to enhance educational research skills and knowledge by developing theoretical-practical pair-work research tasks. Data was collected through observation field notes, semi-structured interviews, and field journals. The results suggest that pair-work research tasks increased learners' opportunities to acquire theoretical and practical educational research knowledge and skills. Due to this exercise, the participants learned to define, formulate research objectives-questions, review the literature, and state research methodologies to finally write their research proposals. Additionally, pair-work research assignments offered an effective way to work together, negotiate, reach agreements, and gain experience by conducting theoretical and practical research exercises.
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Uriel Moreno Moreno
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title Pair Research Tasks: Promoting Educational Research with Pre-Service Teachers
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title_fullStr Pair Research Tasks: Promoting Educational Research with Pre-Service Teachers
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