The present research is a conceptual research which addresses college teachers of awareness about the concept and procedure of action research in public sector colleges in Pakistan. It was assumed that college teachers of public sector are not aware about the concept and procedure of action research. Related literature was reviewed in order to generate few descriptive type questions for data collection. Informal interviews and structured interview were held in order to collect data from the staff members. Forty college teachers, including experienced, senior and junior, were selected as sample from different colleges of Rawalpindi Division. The researcher analyzed data in qualitative form. Findings of the study depicts that college teachers are not familiar with technical concept and procedure of action research. However, they do conduct action research regular basis in their class rooms for bringing quality in teaching and learning. Based on findings it was suggested that college teachers might be provided training in how to conduct action research in order to make their teaching effective to get full benefits of action research.
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