Theorizing and analyzing language teacher agency / edited by Hayriye Kayi-Aydar, Xuesong (Andy) Gao, Elizabeth R. Miller, Manka Varghese and Gergana Vitanova.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2019] |
| Description | xiii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Kayi-Aydar, Hayriye. |
| Other author/creator | Gao, Xuesong. |
| Other author/creator | Miller, Elizabeth R., 1965- |
| Other author/creator | Varghese, Manka, 1969- |
| Other author/creator | Vitanova, Gergana. |
| Series | New perspectives on language and education ; 70 |
| Contents | Language teacher agency : major theoretical considerations, conceptualizations, and methodological choices / Hayriye Kayi-Aydar -- Examining high school English language learner teacher agency : opportunities and constraints / Aliza Fones -- "What if you don't have boots," let alone bootstraps? an ELL teacher's use of narrative to achieve and generate agency in the face of contextual constraints / G. Sue Kasun, J. Spencer Clark, A. Jyoti Kaneria & Emmie Staker -- Language teacher agency and high-stakes teacher evaluation : a positioning analysis / Amber N. Warren -- Using actor-network theory to problematize agency and identity formation of Filipino teachers in Japan / Alison Stewart -- World language teachers performing and positioning agency in classroom target language use / Michele Back -- Bi/multilingual teachers' professional holistic lives : agency to enact inquiry-based and equity-oriented identities across school contexts / Patricia Venegas-Weber -- English language teachers' agency and identity mediation through action research : a Vygotskian sociocultural analysis / Emily Edwards -- Problematizing English language teaching in China through a local Chinese English teacher agency lens / Wenjing Li & Peter De Costa -- Teacher authority and the collaborative construction of agency in second language writing instruction / Patricia Mayes -- Language teacher agency : a critical realist perspective / Karin Zotzmann -- Volunteer teacher agency in a church-based ESL program : an ethnography / Xia Chao -- English language instructors, medium of education, and professional agency : an Indian perspective / Priti Sandhu. |
| Abstract | "This volume examines the agency of second/foreign language teachers in diverse geographical contexts. It offers new understandings and conceptualizations through a variety of types of empirical data, as well as demonstrating the use of different methodologies to analyze the multidimensional, dynamic and complex nature of language teacher agency"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018060939 |
| ISBN | 9781788923910 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781788923903 (softcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (kindle) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |