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Language Teacher Agency

2021
This Element aims to elucidate the concept of language teacher agency by exploring the 'what' question, offering major conceptualisations of agency and explaining how they shape the way we approach teacher agency. The authors then continue with the 'why' question, and elaborate on the reasons that language teacher agency matters, based on a discussion ...
Jian Tao, Xuesong (Andy) Gao
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The Reflective Teacher and the Teacher Training Agency

Journal of Further and Higher Education, 1998
abstract In February 1997 the Teacher Training Agency (TTA) published consultation documents on the Training Curriculum and Standards for New Teachers. Amongst other things their proposals for teacher training entail a switch from emphasis on competences to concentration on standards to be realised within a context of classroom practice.
Margaret Reynolds, Matthew Salters
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The Agency of Teachers

2008
In a previous chapter, we quoted Gramsci’s observations on the difficulties of transformative change: it is not enough to design a programme; one must also attend to the capacities of those who will carry it out. This is a principle with which current policy orthodoxy is well acquainted.
Ken Jones   +6 more
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Teacher leadership and the advancement of teacher agency

Foreign Language Annals, 2018
In keeping with the theme of this special issue, “Looking back, Moving forward,” the present article describes how Iowa is moving forward with its Teacher Leadership and Compensation (TLC) System. First implemented in school districts in the 2014–2015 year, the TLC System is designed to attract and support new teachers; make available meaningful ...
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Teacher Agency in the Classroom

The Scholarship Without Borders Journal
Teacher agency is an important factor in student success; it is the ability to intentionally lead classrooms to support student learning outcomes, environments, and school culture. However, teacher agency remains underexamined as a construct for neurodiverse students in K-12 classrooms.
Joy Gibson, Lizeth Sandoval
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Agency in Teacher Education

2019
Teachers enact their agency when they make decisions informed by, and aligned with, their beliefs and values. A balanced view of teacher agency attends to the interaction of the agent with structural and contextual influences. Agency can be enacted individually, in relation with others with similar beliefs and contexts, and/or collectively with others ...
Flessner, Ryan, Kandel-Cisco, Brooke
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