This book offers educators practical strategies to cultivate agency in both teachers and learners, equipping readers with essential tools to enhance their teaching methods and promote learner autonomy in various educational contexts. Educators, teacher educators, and researchers across disciplines will find this book indispensable.

Yue-en Anita Pu, originally from Taiwan, has been teaching English since 2004. She is a Senior Teacher at the University of Waikato College. Anita has developed numerous curricula and assessments for English for Academic Purposes, catering to a range of levels from foundation studies to postgraduate preparation.

Roger Barnard recently retired as Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics from the University of Waikato. Before taking up his post in 1995, he had worked in England, Europe, and the Middle East as a teacher, teacher educator, manager, and advisor to ministries of education.

Table of Contents

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Foreword

1. Individual and collective agency in learning and teaching

2. Agency in collaborative learning

3. Agency and collaboration in a blended environment

4. From reflective practice to action research

5. An action research project: A blended collaborative writing course from New Zealand

6. Learner practices of the blended collaborative approach

7. Learner perceptions of the blended collaborative approach

8. Post-action research reflection: From research back to reality

9. A single voice to a community of practice

10. Future directions for collaborative learning and collective agency

References

Index