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Student Teachers' Difficulties in Identifying Action Research Topic: A Case Study $(12+2)$

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Action research has become essential to identifying challenges within educational institutions and finding solutions. This study investigated the difficulties that student teachers faced in identifying action research topics during their teaching practicum, as well as finding solutions to their problems in identifying action research topics. Qualitative data were collected from purposive sampling selected 23 ICT-English student teachers $(12+2)$ at Phnom Penh Teacher Education College (PTEC) in Cambodia, using five participants for the semi-structured interviews and six participants per group for three focus group discussions in the academic year 2022-2023. The finding indicated that student teachers had insufficient time for educational research subjects for the training $(12+2)$ program, low proficiency in English, lack of research resources in Khmer, and low conceptual clarity of action research significantly contributed to student teachers at all educational research processes. To address these challenges, the Departments of Educational Research and Library (DERL) should rethink the research subject syllabus and increase study time for the $(12+2)$ program, so that student teachers can gain content knowledge of the research subject and keep going on the action research. Furthermore, educators should assess the student teachers' action research reports regularly and provide feedback in compliance with the action research regulations based on the specific type of research methodology. In addition, DERL should make research sample patterns available and publish an action research sample report in the Khmer language for student teachers to access the implementation of their action research.

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Student Teachers' Difficulties in Identifying Action Research Topic: A Case Study $(12+2)$

Saran SOK, SOK Thoeurn, Set Sekkhapirath, VONG Savoeun, LEK Chumnor

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Organization Details

Faculty
Faculty of Pedagogy and Research Education
Department
Department of Educational Research and Library

Publication Status

approved

Publication Type

Teacher Educator Action Research

Post Details

All Authors
Saran SOK, SOK Thoeurn, Set Sekkhapirath, VONG Savoeun, LEK Chumnor
Academic Year
2022-2023
Academic Journal / Research Journal
Action Research Series Volume 3
Published On
December 31, 2023

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