<div dir="ltr">Hello Manka,<div>I've just retired from the School of Education/teaching preparation program, where I have worked in the preparation of bilingual Spanish/English teachers in California.</div><div>Your call is very important to me, because it opens a dialogue, very much needed, especially now that I feel isolated. I was compiling my field and research notes, when I noticed that the due date has just passed (Sept 30).</div><div>Will you allow me to submit the abstract tomorow, Monday 3rd?</div><div>I will really appreciate your flexibility, mainly to have an audience to whom speak and with whom reflect</div><div>Best Wishes</div><div>Laura Duncovsky</div><div><<a href="mailto:lauradubcovsky@gmail.com">lauradubcovsky@gmail.com</a>> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Manka Varghese <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mankav@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">mankav@u.washington.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS<br>
Theorizing and Analyzing Language Teacher Agency (Tentative Title)<br>
Submission Deadline: September 30, 2016<br>
Editors:<br>
Dr. Hayriye Kayi-Aydar (University of Arizona)<br>
Dr. Xuesong (Andy) Gao (University of Hong Kong)<br>
Dr. Elizabeth Miller (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)<br>
Dr. Manka Varghese (University of Washington)<br>
Dr. Gergana Vitanova (University of Central Florida)<br>
Teachers play a vital role in making decisions about instruction,<br>
curriculum changes, and, in some contexts, educational reforms and<br>
language policies. However, their decision-making does not simply<br>
happen. They draw from a variety of sources to make decisions, and their<br>
agency is socially constructed and shaped. Although the concept of<br>
agency has been theorized extensively in various academic disciplines<br>
(e.g., sociology, philosophy, economics, anthropology, etc.) and from<br>
diverse perspectives, teacher agency, and second/foreign language<br>
teacher agency, in particular, has been neither well theorized nor<br>
conceptualized. Furthermore, in the current literature on second/foreign<br>
language teacher agency, the focus has been limited to the discussions<br>
of professionalism (e.g., Morgan & Saunders, 2014), policy and<br>
implementation (e.g., Hamid & Nguyen, 2016; Van Huy, Hamid, & Renshaw,<br>
2016), or educational change (e.g., Kitade, 2015; Liyanage, Bartlett,<br>
Walker, & Guo, 2015). This volume aims to address this gap by providing<br>
an in-depth conceptualization of “second/foreign language teacher<br>
agency” through theoretical and empirical research.<br>
We are seeking proposals for chapters that address the construct of<br>
language teacher agency through theoretical and/or empirical research in<br>
second language studies. In particular, we are interested in chapters<br>
that draw on a range of theories of or approaches (e.g., activity<br>
theory, positioning theory, feminist theory, etc.) to language teacher<br>
agency that expand our understanding of the concept as well as<br>
manuscripts that present varying analytic approaches adopted in<br>
empirical studies (e.g., discourse studies, narrative inquiry, systemic<br>
functional linguistics, etc.). Chapters can analyze the connection of<br>
agency to other relevant topics, such as teacher identity, emotions,<br>
teacher cognition, positioning, accountability, curriculum change,<br>
language policy, etc.<br>
Guidelines for Chapter Proposal Submission<br>
You are invited to submit a 500-word proposal by September 30, 2016<br>
containing the following information:<br>
Book section to which your chapter is being submitted (theoretical OR<br>
analytical focus)<br>
Proposal chapter title<br>
Author name(s) and Affiliation(s)<br>
Overview of chapter<br>
100-word biography for each author<br>
Authors of accepted proposal will be notified by November 1, 2016.<br>
This volume has been discussed with an internationally reputable<br>
publisher. Once chapter proposals are finalized, a full book proposal<br>
will be sent to the publisher. Upon acceptance by the publisher,<br>
potential chapter authors will be invited to submit full chapters (up to<br>
8,000 words) and will be sent guidelines for preparing chapters along<br>
with submission deadlines (approximately three months from<br>
notification). Chapters should be original work and should not be<br>
submitted for publication elsewhere. All submitted chapters will be<br>
reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be<br>
requested to serve as reviewers for this book project. Inquiries and<br>
chapter proposals can be submitted electronically (Word document) to the<br>
<a href="mailto:editors%3Alangteacheragency@gmail.com" target="_blank">editors:langteacheragency@gmai<wbr>l.com</a><br>
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