ABSTRACT

Self-study in teacher education is a growing field and a natural progression from the concept of reflective practice for pre-service teachers. This book is designed to introduce teacher educators to the theory and practice of self-study, in order to explore, understand and improve their teaching about teaching.
With studies from an international range of contributors, this book illustrates a variety of approaches to self-study. It describes the issues that teacher educators have chosen to study, how they carried out their research and what the learning outcomes were. Throughout, the emphasis is on placing teacher educators' knowledge and practice at the centre of their academic work.
This book will be of interest to all teacher educators wishing to improve their knowledge and practice.

part |9 pages

Introduction

part |59 pages

Understanding teaching in teacher education

chapter |13 pages

A balancing act

Self-study in valuing the individual student

chapter |13 pages

Opposites attract

What I learned about being a classroom teacher by being a teacher educator

chapter |14 pages

Self-study as a way of teaching and learning

A research collaborative re-analysis of self-study teaching portfolios

part |93 pages

Fostering social justice in teaching about teaching

chapter |15 pages

“Nothing grand”

Small tales and working for social justice

chapter |14 pages

Change, social justice, and re-liability

Reflections of a secret (change) agent

part |45 pages

Exploring myths in teacher education

part |12 pages

Conclusion