{"title":"An Ecological Approach to Teacher Agency in English Curriculum Design at Korean Secondary Schools","authors":"Wook Namgung, J. Moate, Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty","doi":"10.7459/ct/38.1.05","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Drawing on an ecological approach to teacher agency, this empirical study investigated the dynamic interplay between teachers and the environment which emerges as teachers enact their professional agency in curriculum design. The dataset comprises semi-structured interviews with 15\n Korean secondary English teachers. The findings from the thematic analysis indicate that teacher agency is achieved through the dynamic interplay between teachers and different ecosystems: micro-, meso-, exo-, macro- and chronosystem. This study concludes with practical and theoretical implications\n as well as suggestions for future research.","PeriodicalId":35186,"journal":{"name":"Curriculum and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Curriculum and Teaching","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.7459/ct/38.1.05","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Drawing on an ecological approach to teacher agency, this empirical study investigated the dynamic interplay between teachers and the environment which emerges as teachers enact their professional agency in curriculum design. The dataset comprises semi-structured interviews with 15
Korean secondary English teachers. The findings from the thematic analysis indicate that teacher agency is achieved through the dynamic interplay between teachers and different ecosystems: micro-, meso-, exo-, macro- and chronosystem. This study concludes with practical and theoretical implications
as well as suggestions for future research.
期刊介绍:
Curriculum and Teaching, first published in 1985, is an established, refereed international journal publishing original research from throughout the world which deals with major up-to-date issues and trends in curriculum theory and practice. The journal uses a balanced and comparative perspective to consider curriculum design and development, evaluation, curriculum models, comparative studies in curriculum, innovation and policy, planning, and educational administration. The journal’s object is to advance the study and development of curriculum and teaching, with a view to improving teaching and pedagogy. Curriculum and Teaching provides an impartial forum for scholars throughout the world, working in the area of curriculum studies. Curriculum and Teaching is double blind peer reviewed. The journal has no publication fees.