Current Issues in Teacher Autonomy

• Authors: Danuta Wiśniewska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper provides a review of a selection of the literature in the field of English foreign language teaching related to teacher autonomy. The focus is on the core themes recurring in the literature, which comprise: rationale for teacher autonomy, definitions of the concept, descriptions of an autonomous teacher, recognition of the constraints on autonomy and suggestions for teacher education promoting teacher autonomy.

Keywords

EN

teacher; autonomy

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Glottodidactica
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 33
• Pages: 117-127

Dates

published

2018-11-01

Contributors

author

Danuta Wiśniewska

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/gl.2007.33.10