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Through self-study research, professionals seek out innovative and responsive ways of seeing, doing, and becoming. Self-study of professional practice has brought to centre stage the agency and lived experience of the professional in processes of learning and knowing (Hamilton, 2004).
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Pithouse-Morgan, K., Samaras, A.P. (2015). The Power of “We” for Professional Learning. In: Pithouse-Morgan, K., Samaras, A.P. (eds) Polyvocal Professional Learning through Self-Study Research. Professional Learning. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-220-2_1
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