Abstract
Nine years into my present role as a teacher educator in pre-service and graduate education programs at a small university in Northern Ontario, Canada, and after a successful career as a teacher and administrator in public school systems on both sides of the Atlantic, the opportunity to write this retrospective chapter has further illuminated how multi-faceted layers of knowledge and experience have contributed to the (still-a-work-in-process) development of my professional identity as a teacher educator.
The long and winding road…. will never disappear, I’ve seen that road before…. (Lennon and McCartney)
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Elliott-Johns, S.E. (2016). The Long and Winding Road: Reflections on Experience of Becoming Teacher Educator. 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_6
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