This was presented in National Seminal held at Gurukrupa College of Education and Research, Kalyan. This presentation is about teacher-learner autonomy.

1. TEACHER AUTONOMY
A TOOL FOR CREATING LEARNER AUTONOMY
Presenter:
Aditi Bhushan
B.Ed., BLIS, BCA, M.Sc (CA), M.Ed. (Purs.)
CTET and BTET Qualified
Certified Professional in English Grammar (Univ. of Queensland),
Australia
Certified Professional in Classroom Management (Univ. of
Pennsylvania),USA

2. WHAT IS AUTONOMY?
 Autonomy – Derived from word ‘Autonomous’.
 Self-Organizing, Created by own, Ruled by own terms
 DECISION-MAKING capacity
 Learner Autonomy – Learners are responsible for making
decision related to his/her learning choices.
 Teacher Autonomy – Professional independence to take
own decisions in terms of teaching.
 SELF DIRECTED

3. LITERATURE REVIEWS
 Many ongoing researches World wide.
 Learner Autonomy Symposium, AILA Scientific Commission, Japan – 1999
 Dimensions of Teacher Autonomy – Little – 1995, Benson, McGrath, Smith,
Aoki – 2000, defined various aspects and different dimensions
 North – 1987 : Proposed Idea of sharing reflective Journal among teachers.
 Naoko Aoki, Osaka University - She played a leading role in the learner
autonomy field, and generously, but with great modesty and professional
dignity helped many teachers, students and colleagues from around the
world.

4. DIMENSIONS OF TEACHER AUTONOMY
DEVELOPMENT
(Self-Directed Professional
Development)
ACTION
(Self-Directed Professional
FREEDOM FROM CONTROL
(Freedom from control by
and organisations)
Smith (2000): Capacity for self-
directed professional
development, teacher acting as
learner. 4Ws (Why, When, What,
Where) and1H (How) of
pedagogical skills and awareness.
Little (1995): Capacity to engage in
self-directed teaching, leading to
teaching, exercising and cognitive
control of teaching process.
Benson (2000): Right to Freedom
from Control
Naoko Aoki, Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University, Kobe, Japan
The capacity (pedagogical skills), freedom (from control) and responsibility to make choices concerning
one’s own teaching.

5. Autonomy

6. WHY EVEN TEACHER AUTONOMY IS NEEDED?
Creating Learner Autonomy

7. CHALLENGES – FACED BY TEACHERS
.
EXAM
ORIENTED
CULTURE
WORKLOADFAMILY
TIME
LACK OF
TRAINING
RESOURCES
Classroom
Discipline
CLASS
SIZE
School
Politics
Scheme
of Work
STUDENT
DIVERSITY

8. LEARNER AUTONOMY
NEED
 Would it be a great if students can
learn by themselves ?
 MISCONCEPTION: learning ‘Without
a Teacher’
HOW?
 Setting up target – Learners Goal.
 Critical Thinking – Pedagogical
Skills
 Reflective Thinking – Scaffolding
 Student are to learn to take
control and teacher may need to
let go.

11. TOOLS – OF TEACHER AUTONOMY
Stickk.com
Habitforge.com

13. PRESCHOOL
Task given by
teacher to
make student
think critically.

14. MIDDLE-SCHOOL
HUMANITIESSOCIAL
SCIENCES
SANSKRIT
MARATHI
HINDI
LINGUISTICS
BIOLOGY

15. TWO PLANTS – SAME HEIGHT, WEIGHT AND SPECIES
One being BULLIED, One being PRAISED

19. REFERENCES
 Aoki, N. (2000) Aspects of teacher autonomy: Capacity, freedom and responsibility. Paper presented at
2000 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Language Centre Conference.
 Benson, P. (2016, February 17). Teachers' perspectives on autonomy [PPT]. Sydney: Slideshare.
 Dam, L. (ed.) (2002) AILA Review 15.(Special issue containing papers from Symposium of the Scientific
Commission on Learner Autonomy, AILA 1999, Waseda University, Tokyo, August 1999).
 Griner, D. (2018, May 08). Ikea 'Bullied' a Potted Plant While Encouraging Another, Then Showed
Schoolkids the Impact. Retrieved September, 2018, from https://www.adweek.com/brand-
marketing/ikea-bullied-a-potted-plant-while-encouraging-another-then-showed-schoolkids-the-
impact/
 McGrath, I. (2000) Teacher autonomy. In B. Sinclair, I. McGrath and T. Lamb (eds.) Learner autonomy,
teacher autonomy: Future directions. London: Longman. 100-110.