Research Article
The Teacher as Researcher - Big Idea and Reality of Education
Urszula Ostrowska*
Issue:
Volume 14, Issue 5, October 2025
Pages:
218-224
Received:
15 August 2025
Accepted:
25 August 2025
Published:
15 September 2025
Abstract: Since the initiation of action research in the 1940s, it has aroused growing interest on a global scale, gradually gaining an increasing group of supporters among teachers interested in improving their professional activity and their own professional development, and among university teacher trainers preparing candidates for teaching. A teacher who undertakes the role of a researcher of his or her own educational activity performs his or her profession as a special obligation and, therefore, not only by contract, but also by vocation, orientating himself or herself towards a research approach to his or her work, by passionately engaging in the process of his or her own professional development and enriching his or her professional knowledge. In this article, I refer to the many years of experience I have gained in the course of conducting action research. It shows that the theory forming the basis for educational practice in the course of reflective professional practice may prove and validate itself, or be questioned and, summa summarum, constitute the basis for introducing changes, improving and developing also the sphere of praxis, and constructing premises for scientific knowledge (theory). This reciprocity of circulation of both spheres owing to, on the one hand, a specific theoretical orientation and brightening of educational practice and, on the other hand, making the arena of practice available, not only for demonstrating, but also for verifying the validity of the theoretical foundations, constitutes a constantly open space for action research.
Abstract: Since the initiation of action research in the 1940s, it has aroused growing interest on a global scale, gradually gaining an increasing group of supporters among teachers interested in improving their professional activity and their own professional development, and among university teacher trainers preparing candidates for teaching. A teacher who...
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Research Article
Research Progress and Trend Outlook on College Students' Online Learning Satisfaction
Liu Xiaohan*
Issue:
Volume 14, Issue 5, October 2025
Pages:
225-231
Received:
15 July 2025
Accepted:
2 September 2025
Published:
19 September 2025
DOI:
10.11648/j.edu.20251405.12
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Abstract: Online learning satisfaction is an important indicator for measuring online learning experience. To understand the latest international research dynamics and grasp the cutting-edge trends, this study systematically combed and conducted a quantitative analysis of 494 literatures included in the core collection of the Web of Science database from 2010 to 2024 using CiteSpace, and drew a knowledge map of research on college students' online learning satisfaction. The research results show that the top three countries in terms of the number of published articles are the United States, China, and Australia. Tight cooperation networks have been formed among high-output institutions, promoting academic exchanges and cooperation. Research hotspots focus on three aspects: influencing factors of online learning satisfaction, strategies to improve online learning satisfaction, and evaluation methods for online learning satisfaction. Future research should focus on constructing transnational and interdisciplinary collaboration networks, deepening the research on the interaction mechanism of multiple factors, and developing dynamic evaluation tools combined with artificial intelligence to promote the sustainable development of the online education ecosystem.
Abstract: Online learning satisfaction is an important indicator for measuring online learning experience. To understand the latest international research dynamics and grasp the cutting-edge trends, this study systematically combed and conducted a quantitative analysis of 494 literatures included in the core collection of the Web of Science database from 201...
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