MACK Lindsay    Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University  Center for Language Education    Position   Associate Professor
Language	English
Publication Date	2012/07
Type	Research paper (Academic/Professional Journal)
Peer Review	Peer reviewed
Title	Does every student have a voice? Critical action research on equitable classroom participation practices
Contribution Type	Single Work
Journal	Language Teaching Research
Volume, Issue, Page	16(3),pp.417-434
Details	This article explores the design and implementation of critical action research undertaken to encourage equal classroom participation. Building on a body of literature on critical action research and oral participation, the author reports her research project undertaken in a multi-lingual and multi-ethnic class in Japan to examine practices of how she promotes oral participation to create a more equitable pedagogy. First detailing the action research plan including a preliminary investigation in the classroom, an action plan, an intervention and an observation of the outcome, the author then details the students’ beliefs about oral participation which formed the basis of an intervention that led to a promotion of student agency and of equity in the classroom. Through this project, the author and her students redefined the conventional conception of traditional oral participation practices. This redefinition enhanced student agency making a more meaningful pedagogy for all students.
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168812436922
ISSN	1362-1688
URL for researchmap	https://doi.org/10.1080/13611267.2023.2164980