International Perspectives on Teacher Research (International Perspectives on English Language Teaching)

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-- 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. Edited By Simon Borg And Hugo Santiago Sanchez. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Cover" -- "Half-Title" -- "Series" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures and Tables" -- "Series Editorsâ#x80;#x99; Preface" -- "Notes on Contributors" -- "List of Abbreviations" -- "1 Key Issues in Doing and Supporting Language Teacher Research" -- "2 Towards New Understandings: Reflections on an Action Research Project with Japanese University Students" -- "3 Action Research as a Means of Stepping Out of the Teaching Comfort Zone" -- "4 Learning to Do Teacher Research Independently: Challenges and Solutions" -- "5 Teacher Research in Video-Based Online Classrooms" -- "6 Border Crossings: Researching across Contexts for Teacher Professional Development" -- "7 Participative Investigation: Narratives in Critical Research in the EFL Classroom" -- "8 Facilitating Teacher Research: Course Design, Implementation, and Evaluation" -- "9 Supporting Teacher Research through a Practical In-Service Course" -- "10 Action Research as a Professional Development Strategy" -- "11 Practices and Principles of Pre-Service Action Research" -- "12 Teacher Research in the English Language Teacher Development Project" -- "13 Encouraging Teacher Research through In-House Activities: The Approach of a Finnish University Language Centre" -- "14 Teacher Research: Looking Back and Moving Forward" -- "Further Reading" Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Key Issues in Doing and Supporting Language Teacher Research....Pages 1-13 Towards New Understandings: Reflections on an Action Research Project with Japanese University Students....Pages 14-28 Action Research as a Means of Stepping Out of the Teaching Comfort Zone....Pages 29-46 Learning to Do Teacher Research Independently: Challenges and Solutions....Pages 47-56 Teacher Research in Video-Based Online Classrooms....Pages 57-69 Border Crossings: Researching across Contexts for Teacher Professional Development....Pages 70-86 Participative Investigation: Narratives in Critical Research in the EFL Classroom....Pages 87-97 Facilitating Teacher Research: Course Design, Implementation, and Evaluation....Pages 98-112 Supporting Teacher Research through a Practical In-Service Course....Pages 113-123 Action Research as a Professional Development Strategy....Pages 125-138 Practices and Principles of Pre-Service Action Research....Pages 139-151 Teacher Research in the English Language Teacher Development Project....Pages 152-169 Encouraging Teacher Research through In-House Activities: The Approach of a Finnish University Language Centre....Pages 170-184 Teacher Research: Looking Back and Moving Forward....Pages 185-193 Back Matter....Pages 194-201