Researching Horizontally: Methodological Assumptions About Observers’ Subject Positions

The life stories, autobiographical narratives, and the horizontality of the English class observers represent a methodological dynamic in this book chapter. This chapter manifests a reflection that has emerged from a horizontal view. It is seen as breaking power relations between participants as well as the researcher. The participants are part of a team. They discuss, reflect, and negotiate the milestone, experiences, and configurations of the English class observers and their different positions within this practice. There are other ways of doing research. From an ontological perspective, the author shows himself as part of this process and looks for paths to identify the positions of the ELT observers.