International perspectives on teacher research 
edited by Simon Borg, Hugo Santiago Sanchez 
 - Hampshire ; New York :  New York, NY :  Palgrave Macmillan,  c2015. 
 - xvi, 201 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Machine generated contents note: -- 1.Key Issues in Doing and Supporting Language Teacher Research; Simon Borg and Hugo Santiago Sanchez2.Toward New Understandings: Reflections on an Action Research Project with Japanese University Students; Gerald Talandis Jr. and Michael Stout3.Action Research as a Means of Stepping Out of the Teaching Comfort Zone; Megan Yucel and Vicki Bos4.Learning to Do Teacher Research Independently: Challenges and Solutions; Jianmei Xie5.Teacher Research in Video-Based Online Classrooms; Paula Charbonneau-Gowdy6.Border Crossings: Researching across Contexts for Teacher Professional Development; Patsy Vinogradov7.Participative Investigation: Narratives in Critical Research in the EFL Classroom; Gerrard Mugford8.Facilitating Teacher Research: Course Design, Implementation and Evaluation; Simon Borg9.Supporting Teacher Research through a Practical In-Service Course; Anisa Saleh Al-Maskari10. Action Research as a Professional Development Strategy; Servet Çelik and Kenan Dikilitas11. Practices and Principles of Pre-Service Action Research; Maureen Rajuan12. 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. Pitka;nen and Johanna Vaattovaara14. Teacher Research: Looking Back and Moving Forward; Hugo Santiago Sanchez and Simon Borg. 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-1137376206 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014050101 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English teachers--Training of--Research--Methodology<br/>English language--Study and teaching (Higher)--Research--Methodology<br/>English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers--Research<br/>English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers--Methods<br/>EDUCATION / Bilingual Education<br/>EDUCATION / Research<br/>FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language<br/>LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>428.0071