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      Smith, R.C. 2008. ‘Commentary on "Teacher education for teacher and learner autonomy"’ in Pedagogy for Autonomy in Modern Languages Education: Theory, Practice. Dublin: Authentik, pp. 303-307
      Book editor(s): Jimenez Raya, M. and T.E. Lamb.
      ISBN: 978-1-905275-31-1
      Summary: A commentary on teacher education initiatives for developing pedagogy for autonomy in schools. Elements of a possible 'knowledge base' are highlighted, including: parallelism between educating student-teachers and teaching (pupils) to learn; metacognitive awareness-raising; reflection on practical examples; actual engagement in a pedagogy for autonomy, especially with an action research dimension; involvement of school-based mentors; and necessary institutional adjustments
      Country of research: various
      Learners' background: various
      Institutional level: secondary
      Entered by: University of Warwick (Centre for Applied Linguistics)
      Fay, R. and L. Davcheva. 2007. ‘The development of language teachers’ understandings of intercultural communicative competence: A Bulgarian distance learning case study’ in Challenges in Teacher Development: Learner Autonomy and Intercultural Competence. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, pp. 191-212
      Book editor(s): Jimenez Raya, M. and L. Sercu.
      ISBN: 3-631-55806-6
      Country of research: Bulgaria
      Learners' background: Bulgaria
      Institutional level: tertiary
      Entered by: University of Manchester (School of Education)