Ethical issues in educational action research

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Abstract / Description of output

Educational action research (EAR) is often employed in language education by practitioners and researchers who wish to engage in bottom-up, collaborative forms of research that merge teaching, learning, and inquiry. EAR is characterised by having a direct impact on the teaching and learning processes as it is often carried out by teachers with their own students. EAR can be approached as a practical or transformational endeavour to improve language teaching and learning. Whatever the architecture supporting EAR, there are a few macro- and micro-ethical issues that must be acknowledged. In this chapter, I draw on my experience as a researcher leading an EAR project carried out with secondary school teachers and learners in Argentina to discuss ethical issues related to quality of evidence, quality of purpose, and quality of outcome. The article includes a series of takeways to support the ethical design, implementation, and evaluation/afterlife of an EAR project.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEthical Issues in Applied Linguistics Scholarship
EditorsPeter De Costa, Amr Rabie-Ahmed, Carlo Cinaglia
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
Chapter3
Pages45-58
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)9789027246332
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Nov 2024

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • ethics
  • applied linguistics
  • action research

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