Investigación en la acción: cerrando la brecha entre enseñanza e investigación

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss ways in which teachers’ professional practice can be improved by implementing action research projects. It seeks to explain in simple terms the key aspects involved in carrying out classroom research and how
investigation and teaching can be linked. Action research can help teachers find solutions to some of the problems they find in their classes by encouraging them to adopt a reflective, systematic and critical approach to deal with those issues. As action research is basically collaborative in nature, it helps teachers exchange views and experiences, discuss problems and work out possible solutions together as a team. Action research is presented as a means to improve teachers’ professional practice based on informed decisions rather than on intuition.