Autonomy, Experience and Concepts: A Study in Educational Discourses

• Authors: Teresa Siek-Piskozub , Ariadna Strugielska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is to investigate the impact of educational reforms launched in Poland in the last decade upon the notion of learner autonomy as evidenced by the results of a crosssectional study. Necessarily, standard definitions of the concept of autonomy will be re-defined against the background of socio-political reforms in the country and their reflections in syllabuses and curricula. Re-evaluating the notion of learner independence in the Polish context will be primarily viewed from the perspective of the learner; however, relevant comparisons with teachers' perceptions will be also provided. Employing methodological guidelines offered by Conceptual Metaphor Theory, conclusions will be drawn concerning the practicability of fostering learner autonomy in the Polish milieu.

Keywords

EN

Learner autonomy; conceptual metaphor; frames

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Journal: Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 597-616

Dates

published

2008-12-01

online

2009-01-23

Contributors

author

Teresa Siek-Piskozub

• Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

author

Ariadna Strugielska

• Nicholaus Copernicus University, Toruń

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10010-008-0028-5