Table 1
Search Term Hit Frequency.
| Search Term | JEE | EJEE | IJEE |
|---|---|---|---|
| “Positionality” with search term/strings including pronouns of “my,” “we,” “our,” “author” | 24 hits, 7 with positionality statements (all qualitative except 1 research review) | 6 hits, 3 with positionality statements (all three qualitative studies) | 2,618 hits, 36 viable hits with pronouns, 5 statements (all qualitative studies) |
Table 2
Location of positionality statement in selected examples from our search.
| Paper Section | JEE | EJEE | IJEE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction | Jordan et al. (2019) in own positionality main section | Lewis, M. (2010) in “introduction” | |
| Background | Secules, Gupta, Elby, & Turpen (2018) in a “paper contributions and versions” section | Howe, S; Smyser, B., Hart, R., Stanfill, R.K. (2019) embedded in editorial | |
| Methods | Secules, Gupta, Elby, & Tanu (2018) included “participant and researcher positionalities” Blosser (2019) had explicit section before limitations Dringenberg & Purzer (2018) in “validity and reliability” Pembridge & Paretti (2019) embedded in “trustworthiness” | Almeida, Becker, & Villanueva (2020) in own shorter positionality statement Boklage, Coley & Kellam (2019) in own longer positionality statement Daniel & Mazzurco (2019) embedded within “data analysis” | Bernhard, J., & Baillie, C. (2016) embedded in “perspective awareness” Gray, C. & Fernandez, T.M. (2018) in own positionality section |
| Appendices | Pawley (2019) offset positionality to other publication(s) | Tenenberg, J. (2019) in Appendix: Review Method |