Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2013 6 (3)

Authors

Gavriliuk, Oksana A.; Lakhno, Anastasiya V.

Contact information

Gavriliuk, Oksana A.: Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V. F. Voino-Yasenetsky, 1 Partisan Zheleznyak Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660022 Russia; e-mail: ; Lakhno, Anastasiya V.: Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V. F. Voino-Yasenetsky, 1 Partisan Zheleznyak Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660022 Russia;

Keywords

higher education; teacher professional autonomy; free choice; critical reflection; pedagogical freedom; decision-making; professional self-development; independence; empowerment; personal agency; responsibility

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the phenomenon of teacher autonomy, which has mostly been explored in the U.S. and is now attracting attention of educational researchers in other countries including Russia. Due to its complexity, the phenomenon of teacher autonomy is still not strictly defined and remains accepted in a variety of forms. Meanwhile, the meaning attributed to the concept of teacher autonomy has great significance in the context of both American and Russian systems of higher education. Analysis of the educational context in both countries and study of research works on the problem under investigation in the context of general concepts of humanistic and cognitive psychology, democratization of education and life-long learning allowed us to define the concept of university teacher professional autonomy as well as to determine special intrinsic and extrinsic conditions which can insure development of professional autonomy skills in young university teachers.

Pages

455-467

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/9632

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