Educational research and teacher development

The present study aims to explore the beliefs of 120 preschool and primary school teachers, placing emphasis on the importance of research on daily classroom practice as a tool for their professional development. In order to examine the extent on which the need to link research to professional development and empowerment has matured in teachers’ mind, a questionnaire was used as the data collection instrument. The results revealed teachers’ positive attitudes regarding the use of research in promoting their professional development and raising their professional status.