Hanks, J orcid.org/0000-0001-6750-7568 (2022) De-mystifying the nimbus of research: re-igniting practitioners' interest in exploring EAP. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 60. 101176. ISSN 1475-1585
Abstract
Engagement in research is recognised as a transformative force for professional development in EAP. Consequently, for many EAP practitioners research and/or scholarship have been added as contractual requirements. However, many EAP professionals desist from engaging in this, as they wonder how to fit it into their workload. In this paper I consider a form of practitioner research, Exploratory Practice, which integrates research and pedagogy in sustainable investigations into practice. I discuss ways in which different EAP practitioners, in a range of international contexts, explore puzzles relevant to their professional development, and disseminate their understandings. Drawing on published studies and vignettes from EAP practitioners enacting Exploratory Practice, I examine the ways in which these activities dispel the nimbus surrounding traditional views of research. This includes conducting robust investigations, and providing multimodal presentations in the supportive atmosphere of BALEAP PIMs and Conferences. In doing so, practitioners enhance their understandings of pedagogy and contribute to the field as equally-valued theorisers, and meaning-makers in EAP.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Crown Copyright © 2022 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of an article, published in Journal of English for Academic Purposes. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Education (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Nov 2022 16:44 |
Last Modified: | 15 Apr 2024 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jeap.2022.101176 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:193276 |
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