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Ushioda, Ema (2023) Intuition and reflexivity : the ethics of decision-making in classroom practitioner research. Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 5 (2). doi:10.52598/jpll/5/2/7 ISSN 2642-7001.
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.52598/jpll/5/2/7
Abstract
In this conceptual paper I discuss some ethical complexities in conducting classroom practitioner research on the psychology of language learning and I analyse the potential role of intuition in handling these complexities. I begin by developing the ethical argument for taking a person-focused rather than systems-based approach to researching the psychology of language learning in the classroom. I make the case that practitioner research lends itself particularly well to a strongly person-focused orientation to exploring psychological perspectives in the classroom, since it is typically motivated by a desire to bring about positive change or enhance the quality of classroom life within a specific teaching and learning community. In the core part of the paper, I focus on the role of intuition in the decision-making processes that practitioner researchers undertake as teachers and researchers. In particular, I discuss some potential ethical complexities in how they navigate their dual roles in the classroom and manage their evolving relational work with students, and I consider the contributions and pitfalls of intuition in handling these ethical complexities. Drawing on the work of Guillemin and Gilham (2004), I argue that both intuitive and reflexive forms of thinking are essential to good ethical practice and decision-making when teachers research their own classrooms.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LC Special aspects of education P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics Q Science > Q Science (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Psychological aspects, Language acquisition -- Psychological aspects, Language and education, Learning, Psychology of, Intuition, Research -- Moral and ethical aspects, Qualitative research | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning | ||||||
Publisher: | Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning | ||||||
ISSN: | 2642-7001 | ||||||
Official Date: | 21 December 2023 | ||||||
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Volume: | 5 | ||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.52598/jpll/5/2/7 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 3 January 2024 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 January 2024 |
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