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1、Teachers'ProfessionalDevelopment:PartnershipsinResearchAbstractThisstudydescribesthedesignandresultsofadescriptiveandexplorativecasestudyintothedevelopmentofprofessionalknowledgebypre-andinserviceteachersthroughcollaborativeresearchinanEnglishasaForeignLanguage(EFL)setting
2、.Studieshaveshownthatteacherresearchhasaprofoundeffectonthosewhohavedoneit,insomecasestransformingclassroomsandschools.Ithasbeenfoundtofacilitateteachers'criticalthought,boostteachers'self-esteem,andincreasetheirawarenessofstudents'needs.Yet,ithasbeenobservedthatneitherpre
3、-norin-serviceteachersofEnglishcandomuchresearchinTurkey.Themainreasonisthatpre-serviceteachersgenerallycannotgetpermissionfromschoolsforresearch,andin-serviceteachersdonothavesufficienttimeandtrainingtoconductresearch.Thus,theimpetusforthisstudycamefromthebeliefthatifpre-
4、andin-serviceteachersareencouragedtocollaborateforresearch,bothpartieswillbenefit.Tenpre-serviceandtenin-serviceteachersparticipatedinthisstudy.Afterbeingprovidedwithrelevanttheoreticalknowledgeonresearch,theycollaboratedandconductedtheirresearchinin-serviceteachers'classe
5、s.Itwasfoundthatparticipatingincollaborativeactionresearchgaveteachersfrombothgroupsaframeworkforsystematicallyobserving,evaluating,andreflectingontheirL2teachingpractices.Theyalsogainedanunderstandingoftheimportanceofcollaboration.IntroductionThereisgeneralagreementthatle
6、arningtoteachisalifelongprocess,andteachersmustbeequippedwithsufficientknowledge,skill,andawarenessinordertocarryoutTESL-EJ10.2,Sept.2006Atay1theirjobs.In-serviceeducationandtraining(INSET)--intendedtostimulatetheprofessionalcompetenceanddevelopmentofteachers(Kennedy,1995)
7、--improveclassroomteachingpracticesand/orimplementeducationalinnovationsdecideduponatgovernmentallevel(Pennington,1990;Roberts,1998),andprovideteacherswithcontinuouseducationthroughouttheirteachingcareer(Sprinthall,Reiman,&Thies-Sprinthall,1996).AreviewofcurrentINSETpracti
8、cesinTurkeyrevealsthetrainingorientationas"oneshot"programs,inwhichknowledgeisusuallytran
