Marsden, Emma Josephine orcid.org/0000-0003-4086-5765 and Kasprowicz, Rowena Eloise orcid.org/0000-0001-9248-6834 (2017) Foreign Language Educators’ Exposure to Research:Reported Experiences, Exposure Via Citations, and a Proposal for Action. The Modern Language Journal. 613–642. ISSN 1540-4781
Abstract
This article reports on 2 connected studies that provide data about the flow of research to foreign language (FL) educators in majority Anglophone contexts. The first study investigated exposure to research among FL educators in the United Kingdom using 2 surveys (n = 391; n = 183). The data showed (a) some limited exposure to research via professional association publications and events, (b) negligible direct exposure to publications in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), (c) barriers to exposure caused by poor physical and conceptual access, despite generally positive perceptions of research, and (d) the importance of university-based teacher educators for research–practice interfaces. The second study investigated the potential for indirect exposure to research from 7 professional publications over 5 years in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. We systematically reviewed the extent to which these professional publications referenced 29 SSCI journals that aim to publish pedagogy-relevant research. In our corpus of 8,516 references in 284 articles in professional journals, the mean proportion of references to all 29 SSCI journals, combined, was 12.43% per professional article. The overall mean number of references to each SSCI journal was 0.17 per professional article. The emerging picture is rather bleak, and we propose action from academic journals and researchers to promote a more international, systematic, and sustainable flow of research.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©2017 The Modern Language Journal. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | perceptions of research,research–practice interface,consumption of research,citation,professional journals,teacher knowledge,teacher education |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Education (York) The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Computer Science (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2017 08:30 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:10 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12426 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/modl.12426 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:119574 |
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