ABSTRACT
This chapter presents concluding remarks on the concepts discussed in the book. It focuses on plurality and variability from a rather different perspective by looking at the research stances adopted by the authors and general implications for research emerging from their work, hoping to highlight possible avenues for the development of the autonomy field. An ‘archeologic stance’ requires inquiry that ‘excavates’ the field in order to identify its developments and build understandings about how it has been constituted through time. The ‘review stance’ is adopted to discuss advances regarding self-regulation, self-access, and language advising; the move from classroom-based learning to learning beyond the classroom ; and research on autonomy in a particular country. An ‘experiential stance’ is best pursued through analyses of own/other experiences and takes diverse forms, like longitudinal ethnography, (autoethno)biography, narrative inquiry, and case study research.
