Over the past two decades, ‘inclusivity’ has become a key issue in research in applied linguistics and language education. However, the inclusion of teachers, teacher educators, and learners as researchers with key insights into their contexts has not yet been fully examined. This thought-piece explores developments in inclusive practitioner research, specifically focusing on exploratory practice (EP). The article probes the notion of inclusivity, asking why inclusivity matters and what does it mean for practitioner researchers. It sheds new light on inclusivity in exploratory practice, amplifying and deepening understandings, and shifting perceptions of what it means to be inclusive, as it examines the contributions practitioners make to debates about/around social justice.

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包容性实践者研究观念的转变：探索性实践的认识论可供性


二十年来，“包容性”已成为应用语言学和语言教育研究的关键问题。然而，将教师、教师教育者和学习者纳入对他们的背景有重要见解的研究人员尚未得到充分审查。这篇思想文章探讨了包容性从业者研究的发展，特别关注探索性实践（EP）。本文探讨了包容性的概念，询问包容性为何重要以及它对从业研究人员意味着什么。它审视了实践者对社会正义辩论所做的贡献，为探索性实践中的包容性提供了新的视角，扩大和加深了理解，并改变了对包容性含义的看法。