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This is an original story, analysing an account of teacher education that draws together theoretical threads of the conceptual depth of teacher knowledge; the contextual scope of culture and power in a digital age; and the pedagogic reach of didactic analysis rooted in the human condition. The method of storytelling is autoethnographic, choosing moments of a life history to offer an analysis of a story of action in a theory of context, making sense of our time from a personal story in a wider picture. It suggests features that are refracted through transition and transformation, linked with concepts of scripted and improvised self-formation. It offers reflections on the depth, scope and reach of my finding my way as a teacher educator of 30 years: − becoming more knowledgeable in my field, more accomplished in my pedagogy, and somewhat wiser in the context of teacher education in my time and place.
‘There are thirty two ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there is only one plot – things are not as they seem.’
Jim Thompson
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Charles Bukowski’s Introduction to ‘Ask the Dust’ by John Fante Page ix.
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Loveless, A. (2016). Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered: ‘A Small Heroic Everyday Epic’ of Teacher Education in a Digital Age. In: Williams, J., Hayler, M. (eds) Professional Learning Through Transitions and Transformations. Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22029-1_5
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