Research Catalog

Title

International perspectives on teacher research / edited by Simon Borg and Hugo Santiago Sanchez.

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

Borg, Simon, 1965-

Description

xvi, 201 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"Teacher research is recognized, in ELT and education more generally, as a powerful transformative strategy for teacher development and school improvement. This volume provides original insights into this issue by focusing on the processes involved in becoming and being a teacher researcher. Contributions highlight these processes from two particular perspectives: from that of teachers themselves as they experience what becoming and being a teacher researcher involves; and from that of those who facilitate teacher research, with a focus on the practices and principles they employ in supporting teachers"--

Series Statement

International perspectives on English language teaching

Uniform Title

International perspectives on English language teaching.

Subject

• English teachers > Methodology
• English language > Methodology
• English language > Research
• English language > Methods
• EDUCATION / Bilingual Education
• EDUCATION / Research
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language
• LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching
• Teaching > Research
• Teachers > Training of
• EDUCATION / Essays
• EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions
• EDUCATION / Reference
• Teaching > Research

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- 1.Key Issues in Doing and Supporting Language Teacher Research; Simon Borg and Hugo Santiago Sanchez2.Toward New Understandings: Reflections on an Action Research Project with Japanese University Students; Gerald Talandis Jr. and Michael Stout3.Action Research as a Means of Stepping Out of the Teaching Comfort Zone; Megan Yucel and Vicki Bos4.Learning to Do Teacher Research Independently: Challenges and Solutions; Jianmei Xie5.Teacher Research in Video-Based Online Classrooms; Paula Charbonneau-Gowdy6.Border Crossings: Researching across Contexts for Teacher Professional Development; Patsy Vinogradov7.Participative Investigation: Narratives in Critical Research in the EFL Classroom; Gerrard Mugford8.Facilitating Teacher Research: Course Design, Implementation and Evaluation; Simon Borg9.Supporting Teacher Research through a Practical In-Service Course; Anisa Saleh Al-Maskari10. Action Research as a Professional Development Strategy; Servet Çelik and Kenan Dikilitas11. Practices and Principles of Pre-Service Action Research; Maureen Rajuan12. Teacher Research in the English Language Teacher Development Project; Rachel Bowden 13. Encouraging Teacher Research through In-House Activities: The Approach of a Finnish University Language Centre; Tuula Lehtonen, Kari K. Pitka;nen and Johanna Vaattovaara14. Teacher Research: Looking Back and Moving Forward; Hugo Santiago Sanchez and Simon Borg.

ISBN

• 9781137376206 (hardback)
• 1137376201 (hardback)
• 9781137376213 (paperback)
• 113737621X (paperback)

LCCN

^^2014050101

OCLC

892581353

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library