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Afterword Moving The Methodology of Self-Study Research and Practice Forward: Challenges and Opportunities

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International Handbook of Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices

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This chapter serves as an afterword for this section of the handbook devoted to the articulation and examination of the methods and methodology of self-study research and practice. I compare and contrast the section’s eight chapters and conclude that there is significant and corroborative consistency in the conceptual framework for and methodology of self-study. The di3er-ences that are revealed are mainly in the details and suggest promising avenues for future deliberation and development. I propose and encourage four possible foci for our efforts to move the methodology of self-study research and practice forward: the role of the subject matter of teacher education in our self-study methodology; the di3erences and relationship between the methods and methodology of self-study; the further articulation and application of a validation process defined as trustworthiness; and, our grounding in and goals for the ethic of care and social justice in our self-study practice and research.

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    Vicki Kubler LaBoskey

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  1. Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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  2. University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

    Mary Lynn Hamilton

  3. Mills College, Oakland, California, USA

    Vicki Kubler LaBoskey

  4. Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    Tom Russell

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LaBoskey, V.K. (2004). Afterword Moving The Methodology of Self-Study Research and Practice Forward: Challenges and Opportunities. In: Loughran, J.J., Hamilton, M.L., LaBoskey, V.K., Russell, T. (eds) International Handbook of Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6545-3_29

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