Teacher Mediated Agency in Educational Reform in China

• Main Author: Yang, Hongzhi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: English Language Education, 3
• Subjects: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Language and education.; Educational sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Language Education.; Curriculum Studies.; Sociology of Education.

This book examines teacher agency in implementing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) curriculum reform in the Chinese university context. It theorizes the concept of teacher agency from a sociocultural theory perspective and draws on a study conducted in a conservative and less developed area in Ch...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: A Sociocultural Perspective on Teacher Agency
• Chapter 3: Advanced Activity Systems
• Chapter 4: The Case Study of Sunny - The Prisoner
• Chapter 5: The Case Study of Jenny - The Unresponsive Apprentice
• Chapter 6: The Case Study of Lynne - The Reflective Practitioner
• Chapter 7: Discussion and Conclusion
• Appendices.