פעילות מחקרית בקרב מורי המורים במכללות להכשרת מורים לאוכלוסייה הערבית בישראל

Promoting research and encouraging teacher educators to conduct research are two objectives that most colleges of education seek to achieve. This study examines the volume of teacher educators ׳ research activity and explores the effect of their personal and job characteristics and their attitudes toward research on their research activity. Participants comprised 161 teacher educators from four Arab colleges of education. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire devised for the purpose of the current study. Interviews were conducted with the heads of two colleges and with the heads of two research units in the two other colleges. Results indicate that on average, despite the teacher educators ׳ positive attitudes toward research, the volume of their research practice is small. Significant differences in favor of the college that is characterized by a research culture fostered by the college administration were detected. Teacher educators ׳ personal and job characteristics and attitudes toward research accounted for 27.9% of the variance in the volume of research activity.