Teacher Autonomy:  A Multifaceted Approach for the New Millennium
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Table of Contents

List of Figures

xii

List of Tables

xiii

Preface

xv

Acknowledgments

xvii

Chapter 1: Story of the Research

1

Rationale

1

Research Questions

3

Background

4

An Examination of the Contradictions Within Teacher Autonomy

4

Dangerous Autonomy

4

Advantageous Autonomy

9

The Effect of High-Stakes Accountability Systems on Teaching

12

The Effect of High-Stakes Accountability on Autonomy Over Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Assessment

16

Curriculum and Pedagogy

16

Assessment

23

Teacher Autonomy Within Different Contexts

26

The Six-Part Model of Teacher Autonomy: A Synthesis of Research

36

Introduction and Definitions of Autonomy

36

Autonomy, Teaching, and Learning

41

Method

50