Reconstructing Autonomy in Language Education

ANDREW BARFIELD teaches in the Faculty of Law, Chuo University, Japan. His research interests include second language collocation development and the critical interplay between learner and teacher autonomy. STEPHEN H. BROWN teaches in the Department of English of the Faculty of Letters at Konan Women's University in Kobe, Japan. His research interests include learners' and teachers' self- and mutual-perceptions in the autonomous learning process and drama as a tool for mediating autonomous learning.

• Acknowledgements Preface Notes On Contributors INTRODUCTION: Re-Constructing Learner and Teacher Autonomy in Language Education; D.Little PART 1: TEACHER AND LEARNER EDUCATION Teacher Development Through Inquiry - Getting Started; F.Vieira The Role of Autobiography in Fostering Learning and Reflective Thinking; L.Karlsson & F.Kjisik Tensions in Policy and Practice in Self-Directed Learning; A.Akaranithi & S.Punlay On Democracy and Learner Autonomy in Initial Teacher Education: Guerrilla Warfare?; M.A.Moreira Responding to Resistance; P.Brown, R.Smith & E.Ushioda Commentary on Part 1: Necessary Contradictions...and Beyond; E.Auerbach PART 2: CLASSROOM PRACTICE Nurturing Language Learner Autonomy Through Caring Pedagogic Practice; Huijuan Shao & Zongjie Wu Active Learnership in Continuous Self- and Peer Evaluation; T.H.Natri Seeking Autonomy in a Lecture Course; H.Nicoll Uses of Adversity: Moving Beyond L2 Learning Crises; R.L.Oxford, Meng Yaru, Zhou Yalun, Sung Jiyeun & R.Jain Telling Tales of Transformation; M.Nix Commentary on Part 2: Narrative, Struggle, Reflection and Autonomy; M.Carroll & S.Cotterall PART 3: SELF-ACCESS LEARNING AND TEACHER COLLABORATION Developing Student Support in Self-Access Centres; P.Darasawang, W.Singhasiri & S.Keyuravong Support Structures for Self-Access Learning; S.Toogood & R.Pemberton Shifting Sands: Supporting Teachers in Facilitating Independent Learning; J.T.Young, C.A.Hafner & D.W.Fisher Developing Teacher Autonomy Through Teamwork; J.Kennedy & A.Pinter Commentary on Part 3: Teachers, Transitions and Time: Learning for Educational Change; A.S.Mackenzie Conclusion: Autonomy/Agency through Socio-Cultural Lenses; K.Toohey References Index

'[This collection] presents much first-hand experience which may provide useful material for reflection. It is without a doubt a major contribution to the field, [...] because it is deeply commited to a social-constructivist appraoch to autonomy.' - David Dixon, The Journal of Language Teaching