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As education researchers, addressing the ethical dimensions of our research requires that we ask ourselves, firstly, for what and for whom our research is conducted (Ortega, 2005); secondly, whether our approach is sufficiently rigorous, theoretically, methodologically, and ethically, to genuinely and adequately speak for those we claim to represent.
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Trottier, M.N. (2014). Locating the Discursive Self in Language and Literacy Education Research. In: Midgley, W., Davies, A., Oliver, M.E., Danaher, P.A. (eds) Echoes. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-491-8_10
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