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ETHICS IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS Judging project ethics Critical pedagogy

المؤلف:  Alan Davies

المصدر:  An Introduction to Applied Linguistics

الجزء والصفحة:  P128-C6

2026-08-02

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ETHICS IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Judging project ethics

Critical pedagogy

The BAAL document states under the section dealing with responsibilities to the public:

Awareness of the impact of one’s work: in setting up research, consideration should be given to conflicting interests. In principle, greater access to well-founded information should serve rather than threaten the interests of society. But it is necessary to consider the effects of research on all groups within society, including those that are not directly involved. Information can be misconstrued or misused. Applied linguists should try to anticipate likely misinterpretations, and the damage they might cause, and counteract them when they occur.                (ibid: 4.1)

In his advocacy of ‘critical pedagogy’ the researcher in this project makes the following comment: ‘Broadly speaking, then, critical pedagogy aims to change both schooling and society, to the mutual benefit of both’ (Pennycook 1994a: 297). Questions would need to be asked here regarding the outcome of such research towards students, given that attention appears to have moved away from language and culture, and their interaction, towards politics: ‘critical pedagogy takes schools as cultural and political arenas where different cultural, ideological and social forms are constantly in struggle’ (ibid: 297).