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Polyvocal Professional Learning through Self-Study Research pp 231–252Cite as

Breathing Under Water

A Transcontinental Conversation about the “Why” of Co-Facilitating Transdisciplinary Self-Study Learning Communities

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The preceding chapters in this book exemplify polyvocal professional learning through self-study research as phenomenon (what) and method (how). Overall, these transdisciplinary exemplars comprise a complex conversation about supporting and enacting professional learning, with self-study methodology at the centre.

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  1. College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University, USA

    Anastasia P. Samaras

  2. School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan

  3. Humanities Education, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa

    Theresa Chisanga

  4. Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Durban University of Technology, South Africa

    Joan Lucy Conolly (Retired Associate-Professor)

  5. New Century College and Higher Education, George Mason University, USA

    Lynne Scott Constantine

  6. The Registrar, Durban University of Technology, South Africa

    Thenjiwe Meyiwa

  7. School of Art, George Mason University, USA

    Lesley Smith

  8. Advisor Special Projects in the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic, Durban University of Technology, South Africa

    Delysia Norelle Timm

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Samaras, A.P. et al. (2015). Breathing Under Water. 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_13

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