[lg policy] Fwd: Call for Chapter Proposals

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Date: Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 3:59 AM
 Call for Chapter Proposals

*CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS*

*Theorizing and Analyzing Language Teacher Agency **(Tentative Title)*

Submission Deadline: September 30, 2016

*Editors:*

Dr. Hayriye Kayi-Aydar (University of Arizona)

Dr. Xuesong (Andy) Gao (University of Hong Kong)

Dr. Elizabeth Miller (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)

Dr. Manka Varghese (University of Washington)

Dr. Gergana Vitanova (University of Central Florida)

Teachers play a vital role in making decisions about instruction,
curriculum changes, and, in some contexts, educational reforms and language
policies. However, their decision-making does not simply happen. They draw
from a variety of sources to make decisions, and their agency is socially
constructed and shaped. Although the concept of agency has been theorized
extensively in various academic disciplines (e.g., sociology, philosophy,
economics, anthropology, etc.) and from diverse perspectives, teacher
agency, and second/foreign language teacher agency, in particular, has been
neither well theorized nor conceptualized. Furthermore, in the current
literature on second/foreign language teacher agency, the focus has been
limited to the discussions of professionalism (e.g., Morgan & Saunders,
2014), policy and implementation (e.g., Hamid & Nguyen, 2016; Van Huy,
Hamid, & Renshaw, 2016), or educational change (e.g., Kitade, 2015; Liyanage,
Bartlett, Walker, & Guo, 2015). This volume aims to address this gap by
providing an in-depth conceptualization of “second/foreign language teacher
agency” through theoretical and empirical research.

We are seeking proposals for chapters that address the construct of
language teacher agency through theoretical and/or empirical research in
second language studies. In particular, we are interested in chapters that
draw on a range of theories of or approaches (e.g., activity theory,
positioning theory, feminist theory, etc.) to language teacher agency that
expand our understanding of the concept as well as manuscripts that present
varying analytic approaches adopted in empirical studies (e.g., discourse
studies, narrative inquiry, systemic functional linguistics, etc.).
Chapters can analyze the connection of agency to other relevant topics,
such as teacher identity, emotions, teacher cognition, positioning,
accountability, curriculum change, language policy, etc.

*Guidelines for Chapter Proposal Submission*

 You are invited to submit a 500-word proposal by September 30, 2016
containing the following information:

 Book section to which your chapter is being submitted (theoretical OR
analytical focus)

Proposal chapter title

Author name(s) and Affiliation(s)

Overview of chapter

100-word biography for each author

 Authors of accepted proposal will be notified by November 1, 2016.

 This volume has been discussed with an internationally reputable
publisher. Once chapter proposals are finalized, a full book proposal will
be sent to the publisher. Upon acceptance by the publisher, potential
chapter authors will be invited to submit full chapters (up to 8,000 words)
and will be sent guidelines for preparing chapters along with submission
deadlines (approximately three months from notification). Chapters should
be original work and should not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All
submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis.
Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this book
project. Inquiries and chapter proposals can be submitted electronically
(Word document) to the editors: langteacheragency at gmail.com

 LPReN serves as a conduit for the dissemination of information by its
members without implying endorsement of concepts or opinions expressed.

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