Mediation of Culture and Context in Educating a Teacher Educator to Become a Researcher

This statement captures the significant change in the way Nandini perceived me when I assumed the more formal role of a mentor and senior researcher in the setting of the present study. In the earlier phase, when we collaborated in a teacher education pro

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Professional Learning Volume 20

Series Editor: J. John Loughran, Monash University, Clayton, Australia Editorial Board: Anthony Clarke, University of British Columbia, Canada Renee Clift, University of Arizona, USA Donald Freeman, University of Michigan, USA Ruth Kane, Ottawa University, Canada Mieke Lunenberg, VU University, The Netherlands Mo Ching Magdalena Mok, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Max van Manen, University of Alberta, Canada Rationale: This series purposely sets out to illustrate a range of approaches to Professional Learning and to highlight the importance of teachers and teacher educators taking the lead in reframing and responding to their practice, not just to illuminate the field but to foster genuine educational change. Audience: The series will be of interest to teachers, teacher educators and others in fields of professional practice as the context and practice of the pedagogue is the prime ­focus of such work. Professional Learning is closely aligned to much of the ideas ­associated with reflective practice, action research, practitioner inquiry and teacher as researcher.

Self-Study and Diversity II Inclusive Teacher Education for a Diverse World

Edited by Julian Kitchen Brock University, Canada Deborah Tidwell University of Northern Iowa, USA and Linda Fitzgerald University of Northern Iowa, USA

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ISBN: 978-94-6300-532-6 (paperback) ISBN: 978-94-6300-533-3 (hardback) ISBN: 978-94-6300-534-0 (e-book)

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All chapters in this book have undergone peer review

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Self-Study and Diversity: Looking Back, Looking Forward Julian Kitchen, Linda Fitzgerald and Deborah Tidwell 2. Inside Out: My Identity as a Queer Teacher Educator Julian Kitchen 3. Learning to Dance: Pow Wow, Maori Haka, Indiagogy and Being an Indigenous Teacher Educator John Hodson

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4. Vivencias (Lived Experiences) of a Feminist Chicana as Praxis: A Testimonio of Straddling between Multiple Worlds39 Diana H. Cortez-Castro 5. Researching Our Way: Latin@ Teachers’ Testimonios of Oppression and Liberation of Funds of Knowledge Rosa Mazurett-Boyle

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6. Making the Path by Walking: Developing Preservice Teacher Notions of Social Justice in the United Arab Emirates Patience A. Sowa

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7. Mediation of Culture and Context in Educating a Teacher Educator to Become a Researcher: Self-Study of an Indian Case Tara Ratnam

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