methodology

Positionality statements in research articles as biaswashing

During a recent review process I have requested from authors that they should address from which standpoint they have approached their qualitative study. While I was referring in this comment the ontological and theoretical levels as formulated by Twining, Heller, Nussbaum & Tsai (2017) in the guidelines for the journal Computers & Education, the authors have understood my request as a call for a „positionality statement“ in which the authors disclose some of their biographical details (white, cis, middle-age) as potentially influencing their research.

Call for Papers Special Issue for Educational Technology Research & Development (ETR&D)

Download the PDF of the CfP Special issue editors Dr. Michael Kerres, University Duisburg-Essen, michael.kerres@uni-due.de, http://kerres.name Dr. Pavlo Antonenko, University of Florida, p.antonenko@coe.ufl.edu, https://education.ufl.edu/faculty/antonenko-pavlo-pasha/ Dr. Marco Kalz, University of Education, Heidelberg, kalz@ph-heidelberg.