International Perspectives on Teacher Research

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.

Simon Borg has been involved in ELT for over 25 years, working in a range of international contexts. After 15 years in the School of Education at the University of Leeds, UK, where he was a Professor of TESOL, Simon now works full-time as an ELT consultant. He specializes in teacher education and development, teacher research, and research methods training.

Hugo Santiago Sanchez has been involved in English language teaching for over 18 years, working as an EFL teacher, lecturer, teacher trainer and researcher in Argentina and the UK. He specializes in teacher cognition, language awareness, and teacher education and development. At the University of Bath, UK, he is involved in teaching and supervision in the MA TESOL, Doctor of Education, and PhD programmes. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

1. Key Issues in Doing and Supporting Language Teacher Research; Simon Borg and Hugo Santiago Sanchez
2. Toward New Understandings: Reflections on an Action Research Project with Japanese University Students; Gerald Talandis Jr. and Michael Stout
3. Action Research as a Means of Stepping Out of the Teaching Comfort Zone; Megan Yucel and Vicki Bos
4. Learning to Do Teacher Research Independently: Challenges and Solutions; Jianmei Xie
5. Teacher Research in Video-Based Online Classrooms; Paula Charbonneau-Gowdy
6. Border Crossings: Researching across Contexts for Teacher Professional Development; Patsy Vinogradov
7. Participative Investigation: Narratives in Critical Research in the EFL Classroom; Gerrard Mugford
8. Facilitating Teacher Research: Course Design, Implementation and Evaluation; Simon Borg
9. Supporting Teacher Research through a Practical In-Service Course; Anisa Saleh Al-Maskari
10. Action Research as a Professional Development Strategy; Servet Çelik and Kenan Dikilitas
11. Practices and Principles of Pre-Service Action Research; Maureen Rajuan
12. 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. Pitkänen and Johanna Vaattovaara
14. Teacher Research: Looking Back and Moving Forward; Hugo Santiago Sanchez and Simon Borg

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