International Perspectives on Teacher Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Key Issues in Doing and Supporting Language Teacher Research

   • Simon Borg, Hugo Santiago Sanchez

   Pages 1-13

3. Towards New Understandings: Reflections on an Action Research Project with Japanese University Students

   • Gerald Talandis Jr, Michael Stout

   Pages 14-28

4. Action Research as a Means of Stepping Out of the Teaching Comfort Zone

   • Megan Yucel, Vicki Bos

   Pages 29-46

5. Learning to Do Teacher Research Independently: Challenges and Solutions

   • Jianmei Xie

   Pages 47-56

6. Teacher Research in Video-Based Online Classrooms

   • Paula Charbonneau-Gowdy

   Pages 57-69

7. Border Crossings: Researching across Contexts for Teacher Professional Development

   • Patsy Vinogradov

   Pages 70-86

8. Participative Investigation: Narratives in Critical Research in the EFL Classroom

   • Gerrard Mugford

   Pages 87-97

9. Facilitating Teacher Research: Course Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

   • Simon Borg

   Pages 98-112

10. Supporting Teacher Research through a Practical In-Service Course

    • Anisa Saleh Al-Maskari

    Pages 113-123

11. Action Research as a Professional Development Strategy

    • Servet Çelïk, Kenan Dïkïlitaç

    Pages 125-138

12. Practices and Principles of Pre-Service Action Research

    • Maureen Rajuan

    Pages 139-151

13. Teacher Research in the English Language Teacher Development Project

    • Rachel Bowden

    Pages 152-169

14. Encouraging Teacher Research through In-House Activities: The Approach of a Finnish University Language Centre

    • Tuula Lehtonen, Kari Pitkänen, Johanna Vaattovaara

    Pages 170-184

15. Teacher Research: Looking Back and Moving Forward

    • Hugo Santiago Sanchez, Simon Borg

    Pages 185-193

16. Back Matter

    Pages 194-201

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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.

• Teacher research
• English language teaching
• professional development
• school improvement
• English
• English language
• Japanese
• Japanisch

“This edited volume is a powerful, engaging, and inspiring collection of reflective accounts of TR in action. … I commend the editors for the careful selection of contributions and international authors based in different educational settings. … I recommend this book to teachers interested in engaging with research, teacher educators, and policy makers who have a say in teacher education programmes and projects.” (Darío Luis Banegas, RELC Journal, January, 2016)

• ELT Consultant, UK

  Simon Borg

• University of Bath, UK

  Hugo Santiago Sanchez

Anisa Saleh Al-Maskari, Ministry of Education, Oman Simon Borg, ELT consultant, Slovenia Vicki Bos, The University of Queensland, ICTE-UQ, Australia Rachel Bowden, Bristish Council, International Paula Charbonneau-Gowdy, Universidad Andres Bello in Santiago, Chile Servet ?elik, Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey Kenan Dikilita?, Gediz University, Turkey Tuula Lehtonen, University of Helsinki Language Centre, Finland Gerrard Mugford, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico Kari Pitkänen, University of Helsinki Language Centre, Finland Maureen Rajuan, Achva College of Education, Israel Hugo Santiago Sanchez, University of Bath, UK Michael Stout, University of Tsukuba, Japan Jerry Talandis Jr., University of Toyama, Japan Johanna Vaattovaara, University of Helsinki Language Centre, Finland Patsy Vinogradov, Hamline University in St. Paul, USA Jianmei Xie, University of Exeter, UK Megan Yucel, The University of Queensland, ICTE-UQ, Australia

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