Teacher Mediated Agency in Educational Reform in China [electronic resource] / by Hongzhi Yang.

Erişim Adresi
Link
ISBN
9783319159256
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/11525
Yazar
Yang, Hongzhi.
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2015.
Yayın Bilgisi
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XV, 213 p. 14 illus. online resource.
Dizi
English Language Education, 2213-6975 ; 3
İçindekiler Notu
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Sociocultural Perspective on Teacher Agency -- Chapter 3: Advanced Activity Systems -- Chapter 4: The Case Study of Sunny - The Prisoner -- Chapter 5: The Case Study of Jenny - The Unresponsive Apprentice -- Chapter 6: The Case Study of Lynne - The Reflective Practitioner -- Chapter 7: Discussion and Conclusion -- Appendices.
Özet, vb.
This book examines teacher agency in implementing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) curriculum reform in the Chinese university context. It theorizes the concept of teacher agency from a sociocultural theory perspective and draws on a study conducted in a conservative and less developed area in China. The book uses Engeström's activity theory and Vygotsky's concept of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) to understand the nature and extent of teacher agency in adapting one’s teaching with respect to beliefs, knowledge, and instructional practices. The study concludes that curriculum reform in China needs to shift from reliance on 'top-down' policies to 'bottom-up' implementation that mobilizes local understandings and practices. One of the implications of this study is that transformative teacher education programs aimed at developing teacher pedagogical agency require that teachers have ongoing opportunities to design, develop, and evaluate curriculum-based mediational means.
Konu
Language and languages __ Study and teaching.
Education __ Curricula.
Educational sociology.
Language Education.
Curriculum Studies.
Sociology of Education.
Kurum Adı
SpringerLink (Online service)
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