Demotivating Factors of Engagement in Action Research: A Case of EFL Teachers in Central Sulawesi

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10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_39How to use a DOI?

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CAR engagement; demotivating factors; EFL teachers

Abstract

Although many studies have documented EFL teachers’ engagement in research as a part of professional learning mode, very few of them explore factors that demotivate teachers’ engagement in classroom action research (CAR), which is a type of teacher research form promoted among Indonesian teachers by the government. To address this gap, this current study aims to reveal demotivating factors that undermine secondary school EFL teachers’ motivation to engage in CAR in the city of Palu, Central Sulawesi province of Indonesia. This study adopts a qualitative case study design. Ten veteran EFL government teachers were purposively selected as participants in this study, comprising four junior secondary teachers and six senior secondary teachers. Data were collected using in-depth interview with the participants and were then analyzed adopting a thematic analysis. The results of the study suggest that intrinsic and extrinsic aspects become the demotivating factors in CAR engagements. The former one is related to individual factors, such as laziness and ignorance of CAR engagement. Meanwhile, the latter one is linked with the contextual factors, such as (1) heavy workload, (2) limited CAR training and workshops available, (3) lack of colleague support (e.g. no collaborators), (4) existing of CAR reports purchasing practice, and (4) ineffective system of teachers’ CAR documents for promotion requirement. The study implies that in order to motivate teachers’ engagement in CAR, the related stakeholders need to resolve the aforementioned contextual issues experienced by teachers.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mukrim
AU  - Abdul Kamaruddin
AU  - Hastini
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/05/18
TI  - Demotivating Factors of Engagement in Action Research: A Case of EFL Teachers in Central Sulawesi
BT  - Proceedings of the 20th AsiaTEFL-68th TEFLIN-5th iNELTAL Conference (ASIATEFL 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 443
EP  - 452
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_39
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_39
ID  - 2023
ER  -