Teacher Mediated Agency in Educational Reform in China

by Hongzhi Yang

Book Overview

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 China. The book uses Engestr?m's activity theory and Vygotsky's concept of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) to understand the nature and extent of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319349643
• ISBN13: 9783319349640
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"