Exploratory Practice: rethinking practitioner research in language teaching

By D. Allwright. 2003

443 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory

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In Language and Linguistics

1. Tony Wright
2. E. Ushioda
3. S. Borg
4. Guangwei Hu
5. Phil Benson
6. B. Kumaravadivelu
7. S. Mann
8. Anne Feryok

In Literature and Literary Theory

1. Tony Wright
2. S. Borg
3. B. Kumaravadivelu
4. Guangwei Hu
5. Phil Benson
6. E. Ushioda
7. M. Lamb
8. S. Mann

Citations in the corpus

• Teacher education and teacher autonomy: Creating spaces for experimentation in secondary school English language teaching (2010, background): “…when it is integrated with practice, a view that is explicit in approaches such as action research, reflective practice and exploratory practice (Allwright, 2003; Burns, 2009; Burton, 2009), although teacher education for state school systems remains campus-based in many parts of the world.”
• Language teacher research engagement (2010, background): “In the context of LT, a particular conceptualization of teacher research that merits attention here is EXPLORATORY PRACTICE (EP) (Allwright 2003, 2005).”
• Using peer review with Chinese ESL student writers (2005, background): “Thus, it can provide openings for mutual development and improvement on the quality of life in the classroom (Allwright, 2003).”
• TESOL Methods: Changing Tracks, Challenging Trends (2006, background): “…than instructional efficiency, (b) ensuring our understanding of the quality of classroom life is far more essential than developing ever “improved” teaching methods, and (c) understanding such a quality of life is a social, not an asocial matter (Allwright, 2000, 2003; Allwright & Bailey, 1991).”
• Second language teacher education: Review of recent research on practice (2010, background): “Murray argues that working in a context less preoccupied with method and more engaged with creating learning opportunity requires a different approach, more akin to exploratory practice (Allwright 2003). Allwright & Hanks (2009) observe, however, that introducing exploratory practice in SLTE program”
• Language learning motivation through a small lens: A research agenda (2016, background): “Understanding the classroom with a view to enhancing the quality of life for all its participants is a key feature of EP (see Allwright 2003).”