Teacher and Professional Development College & University Education Research-Oriented Short Presentation
Teacher Agency In In-House Textbook Development: A Narrative Inquiry
This institution-based case study investigated teacher agency in an in-house textbook development process for a university-level English debate course. The study found that manifestations of teacher agency in the textbook production process were non-linear and adaptive due to the instructor’s in-person experiences and negotiations with her students and co-textbook writers, and her attempt to establish an alignment with a larger institutional context. The researchers discuss select results from a sociomaterial perspective to highlight important findings.
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Yuka (Maruyama) Yamamoto, Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, is a professor and Vice Dean of the Center for Foreign Language Education and Research, Rikkyo University. She has extensive experience in designing curriculum and creating textbooks. Her research interests are in EAP curriculum development, second language vocabulary acquisition, and extensive reading.
