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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | Ethical Issues in Applied Linguistics Scholarship |
Editors | Peter De Costa, Amr Rabie-Ahmed, Carlo Cinaglia |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Chapter | 3 |
Pages | 45-58 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789027246332 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 17 Nov 2024 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- ethics
- applied linguistics
- action research