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The Evolution of the Exploratory Practice Framework

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Exploratory Practice (EP) focuses on quality of life and understanding, but why is this focus so important? What are the philosophical influences that make EP distinctive and why do they matter? This chapter and the following one will address these questions from two perspectives: to trace the history of the development of the EP principles, showing their philosophical, theoretical, and pedagogical ancestry, and, importantly, to comprehend the importance of profound understanding for EP and for the field. As Allwright maintains:

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Hanks, J. (2017). The Evolution of the Exploratory Practice Framework. In: Exploratory Practice in Language Teaching. Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-45344-0_5

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