Exploratory Practice as Practitioner Research: A Review of Exploratory Practice for Continuing Professional Development: An Innovative Approach for Language Teachers

Authors

Moses G.R. Pandin M.Si. M.Phil, Universitas AirlanggaFollow
Elih Sutisna Yanto, Universitas Singaperbangsa KarawangFollow

Abstract

In the book, Exploratory Practice for Continuing Professional Development (2018), the authors, Assia Slimani-Rolls and Richard Kiely, offer a comprehensive description of Exploratory Practice (EP) as a tool for the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of language teachers. Through different parts of the diversity and complexity of language teaching in the last few decades, the authors show how teachers in different types of classrooms can grow professionally by working with their students to understand classroom life and explore their classrooms, where teachers are the most important thing to focus on to improve learning processes and outcomes rather than materials, techniques, technologies, and tests. This well-referenced book is a valuable resource for the continuing professional development of language teachers in a world burdened with methodological complexity and contradictions. Providing teachers and students a voice is an example of how exploratory practice (EP) can assist teachers and others involved in language education in better understanding what is going on in their classrooms and modifying classroom practice appropriately, and it is highly recommended. This book will give readers a clear and easy-to-understand introduction to exploratory practice as a sustainable way for language teachers to keep improving their skills by combining research and practice to solve problems and puzzles in the classroom.

Keywords

classroom life, continuing professional development, exploratory practice, puzzle

Author Bio(s)

Elih Sutisna Yanto is a reviewer for the Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, published by EMERALD and Cogent Arts & Humanities, published by Taylor & Francis. Elih is a board member of the Exploratory Practice Indonesian Community (EPiC) and faculty member of teacher training and education at Universitas Singaperbangsa Karawang, Indonesia. He can be contacted through e-mail at elih.sutisna@fkip.unsika.ac.id.

Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin has served as a lecturer and researcher at Department of English Literature Faculty of Humanities and Master in Disaster Management Postgraduate School, Universitas Airlangga. His research interest included educational psychology, humor, and philosophy of science. He is a psychologist and member of the Indonesian Psychological Association, the Indonesian Forensic Psychology Association, and the Indonesian Literature Association. He served as reviewer for several international journals and member of several research groups. He can be contacted via email at moses.glorino@fib.unair.ac.id.

Publication Date

8-6-2022

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DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2022.5809

Recommended APA Citation

Pandin, M. G., & Yanto, E. S. (2022). Exploratory Practice as Practitioner Research: A Review of Exploratory Practice for Continuing Professional Development: An Innovative Approach for Language Teachers. The Qualitative Report, 27(8), 1547-1551. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2022.5809