Attitudes of M. Ed. English Students Towards Action Research

Abstract

This research study entitled "Attitudes ofM. EdEnglishStudentstowards ActionResearch" was an attempt to find out the attitudes ofM. Ed.Level English Studentsregarding action research and to list some pedagogical implications. This studywascarried out using both the primary and secondary sources of data. For primarysource ofdata forty-eight M.Ed.2 nd Year Englishstudentswere randomly selected from thefourcampuses of Kathmandu and Bhaktpur districts.Ineach campus,twelve studentswereprovided the questionnaire to get information regarding action research. I used both open-ended and close-ended types of questions to elicit the required data. Theywerefoundvery positive towards action research and they opined that all the practitioners of ELTmust engage themselves in action research. The data were analyzed using statistical toolslike average, percentage, and presented using paraorthographical modes like tables. Afterinterpretation and analysis of data, it was revealed that action research is very crucial fortheELTpractitioners to bring change and improvewentin their teaching behavior. This thesis consistsfour chapters. The first chapter deals with general background,review of the related literature, objectives and significance of the study. The secondchapter deals with the methodology under which sources of data, sampling procedure,research tools, process of data collection and limitations of the study have been included.Similarly, the third chapter deals with the analysis and interpretation of data. The finalchapter consists of the findings and recommendations based on the analysis andinterpretation of data. References and appendices are attached at the end.