This introduction to Language Teaching Research’s Special Issue “Challenges and Practices to Advance Sustainable and Inclusive Practitioner Research” introduces readers to central themes and issues surrounding inclusive and sustainable Practitioner Research (PR). Three traditions that foreground practitioners as active agents (Action Research, Exploratory Practice, Reflective Practice) are discussed, providing initial context. The article considers the value that teachers, learners, and teacher educators bring to research as practitioners with agency. Empowering practitioners in agenda-setting and supporting the practice and dissemination of practitioners researching their own classrooms and instructional environments, the authors argue, are vital for the fields of Applied Linguistics, English for Academic Purposes, and Language Education. The discussion highlights two central and intertwined tenets of PR work that feature in the articles of the special issue: inclusivity of students in the learning, teaching, and research processes, and sustainability fostered through supportive communities and the use of familiar pedagogic activities to sustain teachers’ investigative efforts. The four authors bring their unique perspectives as editors, authors, and practitioners to the discussions, providing an overview of the novel conceptual and empirical work undertaken in different parts of the world. We conclude that although inclusivity in PR may be hard to achieve, it is a goal worth striving for, with rich contributions for the field.

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特刊简介：推进可持续和包容性从业者研究的挑战和实践


这篇对语言教学研究特刊“推进可持续和包容性从业者研究的挑战和实践”的介绍向读者介绍了围绕包容性和可持续从业者研究 （PR） 的中心主题和问题。讨论了将从业者作为积极推动者的三种传统（行动研究、探索性实践、反思性实践），提供了初步背景。本文考虑了教师、学习者和教师教育工作者作为具有能动性的从业者为研究带来的价值。作者认为，赋予从业者制定议程的能力，并支持从业者研究自己的课堂和教学环境的实践和传播，对于应用语言学、学术英语和语言教育领域至关重要。讨论强调了特刊文章中公关工作的两个核心且相互交织的原则：学生在学习、教学和研究过程中的包容性，以及通过支持社区和利用熟悉的教学活动来维持教师的调查工作来培养可持续性。这四位作者带来了他们作为编辑、作者和从业者的独特观点到讨论中，概述了在世界不同地区进行的新颖的概念和实证工作。我们得出的结论是，尽管公关中的包容性可能很难实现，但这是一个值得为之奋斗的目标，并为该领域做出了丰富的贡献。