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dc.contributor.authorReinders, Hayo
dc.contributor.authorBalçikanli, Cem
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-30T21:00:07Z
dc.date.available2014-11-30T21:00:07Z
dc.date.issued2011-03-31
dc.identifier.issn2185-3762
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10652/2500
dc.description.abstractIn recent years there has been an increased appreciation of the interrelationship between learner autonomy and teacher autonomy, both in the classroom and in the self-access centre. One obvious impact on learners’ autonomy is their teachers’ understanding of what autonomy means, and their ability to implement it in the classroom. Especially for beginning teachers, knowledge of learner autonomy is likely to be shaped in large part by the professional training they receive and the amount of attention given to the topic during their teacher education. It is therefore important to ask to what extent teacher training courses prepare teachers for fostering autonomy, including those teachers working in self-access centres. This study attempts to answer that question by critically investigating a range of popular teacher training course materials widely used in professional programmes worldwide. We apply an evaluative framework to identify 1) what information teachers are given about learner autonomy, and 2) the extent to which the materials cover the teaching of different skills for independent learning. Perhaps surprisingly, despite the growing interest in autonomy, it was found that the selected books included almost no information about learner autonomy at all and did not, with one or two minor exceptions, focus on the development of skills for supporting autonomous learning.en_NZ
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherKanda University of International Studies (KUIS), Chiba, Japanen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttp://sisaljournal.org/archives/mar11/reinders_balcikanli/en_NZ
dc.rightsAll rights reserveden_NZ
dc.subjectlearner autonomyen_NZ
dc.subjectteacher autonomyen_NZ
dc.subjectteacher educationen_NZ
dc.subjectteacher education resourcesen_NZ
dc.titleLearning to foster autonomy: the role of teacher education materialsen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
dc.rights.holderauthorsen_NZ
dc.subject.marsden130207 LOTE, ESL and TESOL Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. Māori)en_NZ
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationReinders, H., & Balcikanli, C. (2011). Learning to foster autonomy: The role of teacher education materials Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal, 2 (1), 15-25. NOTE: This research undertaken prior to the author being affiliated with the Unitec Institute of Technology.en_NZ
unitec.institutionMiddlesex Universityen_NZ
unitec.institutionGazi University (Turkey)en_NZ
unitec.publication.spage15en_NZ
unitec.publication.lpage25en_NZ
unitec.publication.volume2 (1)en_NZ
unitec.publication.titleStudies in self-access learning journalen_NZ
unitec.peerreviewedyesen_NZ
dc.contributor.affiliationMiddlesex Universityen_NZ
dc.contributor.affiliationGazi University (Turkey)en_NZ
unitec.institution.studyareaEducation


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