Overview
- Draws on case studies, vignettes and narratives from teachers and learners around the world as they experience Exploratory Practice for the first time
- Explores the evolution of the Exploratory Practice Framework and contextualises Exploratory Practice research
- Provides an exciting new direction for practitioners of language teaching and learning
Part of the book series: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics (RPAL)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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The Historical and Conceptual Background to Researching Practice
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Developing Understandings from Practice
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Understandings for Practice
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“With its accessible prose style, illustrative vignettes, case studies and quotes, and useful suggestions for further reading, this book is a truly valuable resource for all practitioners who wish to engage with EP at any level.” (Sal Consoli, System, Vol. 72, February, 2018)
“Interest in practitioner research is growing, but how might teachers research their own contexts? And how can they carry out these explorations in ways which add to their and their learners’ ‘quality of life’? Judith Hanks provides a much-needed and inspiring account of Exploratory Practice (EP) which answers these questions.” (Graham Hall, Senior Lecturer, Northumbria University, UK)
“Hanks’ innovative analysis is a timely and important contribution to the burgeoning literature on practitioner researcher and continuing professional development in the field of language education.” (Simon Borg, Visiting Professor of TESOL, University of Leeds, UK)
“Hanks makes an original, detailed, and compelling case for the fundamental distinctiveness and practical importance of Exploratory Practice (EP), a radical form of practitioner research bringing teachers and learners (and others) together as co-researchers seeking deeper understandings of what it means to be engaged in language teaching and learning.” (Dick Allwright, Lancaster University, UK)
“Hanks goes deep into the fabric of Exploratory Practice from its theoretical origins to real examples. It is a rigorous and human account of how a network of theorists and teachers have worked through the puzzles of everyday teaching, crossing boundaries, getting to the essence of teachers and learners as people. Anyone who struggles to do the best for their students and themselves through openness and understanding will find this book a profound support.” (Adrian Holliday, Professor, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK)
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Book Title: Exploratory Practice in Language Teaching
Book Subtitle: Puzzling About Principles and Practices
Authors: Judith Hanks
Series Title: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-45344-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-45343-3Published: 09 February 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-45711-0Published: 15 February 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-45344-0Published: 28 January 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-2258
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2266
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 384
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations
Topics: Language Teaching, English, Language Education