Reconstructing Autonomy in Language Education

1. Introduction: Reconstructing Learner and Teacher Autonomy in Language Education
David Little

Part One. Teacher and Learner Education

2. Teacher Development Through Inquiry: Getting Started
Flávia Vieira

3. The Role of Autobiography in Fostering Learning and Reflective Thinking
Leena Karlsson, Felicity Kjisik

4. Tensions in Policy and Practice in Self-directed Learning
Akara Akaranithi, Suriyan Panlay

5. On Democracy and Learner Autonomy in Initial Teacher Education: Guerrilla Warfare?
Maria Alfredo Moreira

6. Responding to Resistance
Peter Brown, Richard Smith, Ema Ushioda

7. Commentary on Part One: Necessary Contradictions … and Beyond
Elsa Auerbach

Part Two. Classroom Practice

8. Nurturing Language Learner Autonomy through Caring Pedagogic Practice
Huijuan Shao, Zongjie Wu

9. Active Learnership in Continuous Self- and Peer-Evaluation
Teija Natri

10. Seeking Autonomy in a Lecture Course
Hugh Nicoll

11. Uses of Adversity: Moving Beyond L2 Learning Crises
Rebecca L. Oxford, Yaru Meng, Zhou Yalun, Jiyeun Sung, Rashi Jain

12. Telling Tales of Transformation
Mike Nix

13. Commentary on Part Two: Narrative, Struggle, Reflection and Autonomy
Michael Carroll, Sara Cotterall

Part Three. Self-access Learning and Teacher Collaboration

14. Developing Student Support in Self-access Centres
Pornapit Darasawang, Wareesiri Singhasiri, Sonthida Keyuravong

15. Support Structures for Self-access Learning
Sarah Toogood, Richard Pemberton

16. Shifting Sands: Supporting Teachers in Facilitating Independent Learning
Jean T. Young, Christoph A. Hafner, Dean W. Fisher

17. Developing Teacher Autonomy Through Teamwork
Judith Kennedy, Annamaria Pinter

18. Commentary on Part Three: Teachers, Transitions and Time: Learning for Educational Change
Alan S. Mackenzie

19. Conclusion: Autonomy/Agency through Socio-cultural Lenses
Kelleen Toohey

Nyckelord: Education, Language Teaching, Language Education, Linguistics, general