The Study of Elementary School English Teachers’ Agency: Based on the Relationship of Structure and Agency

• Main Authors: Li-Ju Chen, 陳麗如
• Other Authors: Hsin- Hsiang Lee
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22344686855738721226

博士 === 國立嘉義大學 === 教育學系研究所 === 100 === The purpose of this study was to explore factors of structure and how these factors affect teaching behavior among english teachers at an elementary school. Therefore, the study focused on how teachers manipulate their power to make changes of their relationships with structure. This research applied methods of participant observation, in-depth interview and document analysis to collect data. I concluded the relationship betewwn structure and agency by examining the result of data analysis and looked for references to support these conclusions. In this research five conclusions were proposed as below: 1. Structural factors of time and space urge actors to develop teaching action of individualism. 2. Social culture factor can restrict action at certain extent. 3. Thechers’ consciousness will be weaken by structural factors. 4. The accumulation of negative experience lead teachers to acacquiescence to structure. 5. The effect of constraining predominate enabling. Based on the findings and conclusions of this study, three dimensions of suggestions were proposed to improve English education.