Understanding language teaching: From Method to Postmethod


 The Principle of Exploratory Practice



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(ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series) B. Kumaravadivelu - Understanding Language Teaching From Method to Post-Method-Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. (2006)

9.2.1. The Principle of Exploratory Practice
Exploratory Practice is premised upon a philosophy that is stated in three
fundamental tenets: (a) the
quality of life
in the language classroom is much
more important than instructional efficiency; (b) ensuring our
understand-
ing
of the quality of classroom life is far more essential than developing ever
“improved” teaching techniques; and (c) understanding such a quality of
life is a
social
, not an
asocial
matter, that is, all practitioners can expect to
gain from this mutual process of working for understanding. Consistent
with these philosophical tenets, Allwright presents the following “principles
description” of EP in what he calls “one convoluted sentence”:
Exploratory Practice involves
1. practitioners (e.g.: preferably teachers
and
learners together) work-
ing to understand:
(a) what
they
want to understand, following their own agendas;
(b) not necessarily
in order to
bring about change;
(c) not primarily
by
changing;
(d) but by
using
normal pedagogic practices as investigative tools, so
that working for understanding is
part of
the teaching and learn-
ing, not extra to it;
(e) in a way that does not lead to “burn-out,” but that is
indefinitely sus-
tainable;
2. in order to contribute to:
(f)
teaching and learning themselves;
(g)
professional development, both individual and collective.
(Allwright, 2003a, pp. 127–128, all italics in original)
From this one overarching sentence, seven general principles have been
derived. They are:
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Principle 1: Put “quality of life” first.
Principle 2: Work primarily to understand language classroom life.
Principle 3: Involve everybody.
Principle 4: Work to bring people together.
Principle 5: Work also for mutual development.
Principle 6: Integrate the work for understanding into classroom prac-
tice.
Corollary to Principle 6: Let the need to integrate guide
the conduct of the work for understanding.
Principle 7: Make the work a continuous enterprise.
Corollary to Principle 7: Avoid time-limited funding.
These seven principles have emerged from nearly a decade of collective
action and thought by practitioners in a variety of groups. People and the
roles they play are considered to be “at the heart” of the principles of EP;
therefore, collegiality becomes crucial to the pedagogic enterprise.
Allwright (2003a, pp. 131–135) lists six aspects of collegiality, particularly in
relation to Principles 3, 4, and 5:
Collegiality between teachers and learners.
Collegiality among teachers in the same institution.
Collegiality and the hierarchy within an employing institution.
Collegiality between teachers and training and development people.
Collegiality between teachers and academic researchers.
Collegiality in a teacher association.
The collegiality of EP practitioners is emphasized partly because of the mu-
tual benefit and the mutual dependence that any form of EP practice de-
mands.

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