Action research remodelled in a competitive, profit-oriented sector: teachers’ and managers’ perspectives

Edwards, Emily; Ellis, Neville John

doi:10.1080/09650792.2019.1614471

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“…She went on to note that the teacher participants could be confused about how to continue their research, as well as anxious about continued employment in an industry of short-term contracts dependent on international student numbers (Edwards & Ellis, 2019). I needed to find a way to reconfigure not just the program to accommodate the teachers' changed and volatile teaching circumstances but also their emotional responses.…”

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OK, so Where to now?: Reflections on Intuition and Action Research

Burns,

Williams

2023

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The role of intuition and the part it plays in effective pedagogical responses has barely been recognised in the field of English language teaching, or indeed in education more generally. This is likely to be because intuition is a slippery concept difficult to define, understand and investigate. With this challenge in mind, through narrative recounts this article aims to provide some initial explorations of interactions among a teacher's intuition, participation in classroom investigation through action research and the unprecedented changes in teaching circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic. The background for this exploration is a national action research program offered annually within their suite of professional development programs by English Australia, the peak advocacy body for the Australian English Language Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) sector. The program is also sponsored by Cambridge Assessment English to encourage language teachers to undertake teacher-oriented classroom-based research. The two authors took different roles in the program, one as the facilitator and the other as a teacher researcher. Their narrative accounts and commentaries aim to uncover how intuition intersected with the facilitator and the teacher's facilitation/teaching and research. As the unanticipated circumstances of the pandemic unfolded, they needed to rely on their intuitions in order to make appropriate decisions, in a way that responded to the needs of their participants and learners, both psychologically and socially. Implications are drawn out for how action research may act as a catalyst for researchers and teachers and to recognise and value the role of intuition in teaching practices.

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OK, so Where to now?: Reflections on Intuition and Action Research

Burns,

Williams

2023

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“…Taking a more critical view, difficulties have emerged. For example, working with teachers in Australia, Edwards and Ellis (2019) have noted that as it becomes more mainstream in institutions, AR is associated with gaining power and/or status. Edwards and Ellis argue that although it is important for teachers' work to be adequately recognised and recompensed (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%