Vahid Rahmani Doqaruni, B. Ghonsooly, R. Pishghadam
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Abstract This study aims to explore the extent to which Iranian teachers do research, and their reasons for doing so in the English as a foreign language context, with a special emphasis on action research (AR). The present study used a mixed methods design, i.e. questionnaire and interview, to gain a richer understanding of the teachers’ reasons for doing AR. The participants were 65 English teachers from 5 private English language teaching institutions. Despite the fact that many teachers in the present study considered AR useful in solving their immediate teaching problems and improving their teaching practices, the analysis of the teachers’ reasons showed that there are serious barriers in the way of conducting AR which are in nature practical (lack of time), logistic (not having enough knowledge and support), and attitudinal (teachers believe that their job is only to teach). Keywords: teacher research engagement, teachers’ reasons, action research, mixed methods design, questionnaire, interview ----- Razones de los profesores de segundo idioma para hacer/no hacer investigacion-accion en sus aulas Resumen Este estudio tiene como objetivo explorar en que medida los maestros iranies realizan investigacion y sus razones para hacerlo en el contexto del ingles como idioma extranjero con un enfasis especial en la Investigacion-Accion (IA). El presente estudio utilizo un diseno de metodos mixtos, es decir, cuestionario y entrevista, para obtener una mejor comprension de las razones de los maestros para hacer IA. Los participantes fueron 65 profesores de ingles de 5 instituciones privadas de ensenanza de ingles. A pesar del hecho de que muchos maestros, en el presente estudio, consideraron que la IA es util para resolver sus problemas de ensenanza inmediatos y mejorar sus practicas de ensenanza, el analisis de las razones de los profesores mostro que existen serias barreras en la forma de conducir la IA que son de naturaleza practica (falta de tiempo), logisticas (no tienen suficiente conocimiento y apoyo) y actitudinales (los docentes creen que su trabajo es solo ensenar). Palabras clave: compromiso de investigacion docente, razones de los profesores, investigacionaccion, diseno de metodos mixtos, cuestionario, entrevista ----- Bibliography: Rahmani Doqaruni, Vahid/Ghonsooly, Behzad/Pishghadam, Reza: Second language teachers’ reasons for doing/not doing action research in their classrooms, IJAR – International Journal of Action Research, 3-2019, pp. 255-273. https://doi.org/10.3224/ijar.v15i3.06