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Locating the Discursive Self in Language and Literacy Education Research

A Reflexive Consideration of ‘Voice’
  • Michael N. Trottier
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Abstract

As education researchers, addressing the ethical dimensions of our research requires that we ask ourselves, firstly, for what and for whom our research is conducted (Ortega, 2005); secondly, whether our approach is sufficiently rigorous, theoretically, methodologically, and ethically, to genuinely and adequately speak for those we claim to represent.

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Social Practice Language Learning Language Acquisition Literacy Practice Linguistic Community 
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  • Michael N. Trottier
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