This book captures the excitement and difficulties of self-study of teacher education practices and places it at the forefront of approaches to practitioner inquiry. It presents the issues and ideas underpinning a pedagogy of teacher education in practice.

This series in Teacher Education: Self-study of Teacher Education Practices (S-STEP) has been created in order to offer clear and strong examples of self-study of teaching and teacher education practices. It explicitly values the work of teachers and teacher educators and through the research of their practice, offers insights into new ways of encouraging educational change. The series is designed to complement the Inter- tional Handbook of Self-study of Teaching and Teacher Education practices (Loughran, Hamilton, LaBoskey, & Russell, 2004) and as such, helps to further define this important field of teaching and research. Self-study of teaching and teacher education practices has become an important 'way in'to better understanding the complex world of teaching and learning about teaching. The questions, issues and concerns, of teacher educators in and of their own practice are dramatically different to those raised by observers of the field. Hence, self-study can be seen as an invitation to teacher educators to more meani- fully link research and practice in ways that matter for their pedagogy and, as a consequence, their students'learning about pedagogy.

Reconceptualises the practice of teacher education as identifying and managing a series of tensions Offers an approach to both theorising and developing teacher education practice Explores deeper, more complex understandings of self-study Explores the pedagogical relationship between prospective teachers and the teacher educator

Autorentext
Amanda Berry gab ihren Beruf als Buchhalterin auf, um am renommierten London College of Fashion zu studieren. Im Jahr 2010 entwarf sie erste Strickmuster für ihr noch junges Geschäft Fluff and Fuzz . Von diesen kleinen und bescheidenen Anfängen hat sich Fluff and Fuzz inzwischen zu einem beliebten Label mit mehr als 50 Spielzeugstrickmustern entwickelt, die auch auf Strick- und DIY-Webseiten wie Etsy, Ravelry und Folksy online erhältlich sind. Amandas beliebte Anleitungen für gestricktes Spielzeug und Accessoires wurden seither auch in zahlreichen einschlägigen Magazinen, darunter Craftseller, Let's Knit und Let's Get Crafting, veröffentlicht. Amanda lebt mit ihrem Mann und einer Menagerie von Stricktieren in Berkshire, England.

Inhalt
Contexts Of The Study.- Beginning To Research My Practice.- Teacher Educators Studying Their Work.- Developing A Research Approach.- Tensions as a Framework for Learning About Practice in Teacher Education.- Exploring The Tensions Of Practice.- Telling and Growth.- Confidence and Uncertainty.- Action and Intent.- Safety and Challenge.- Planning and Being Responsive.- Valuing and Reconstructing Experience.- Revisiting and Summarising The Tensions.- Learning From Teaching About Teaching.- Becoming a Teacher Educator.