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Navigating the Pressures of Self-Study Methodology

Constraints, Invitations, and Future Directions

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2nd International Handbook of Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education

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Abstract

In this chapter, I will focus on the concept of pressures in self-study methodology with a view to focusing on the constraints and opportunities around two major considerations in self-study methodology: critical friendship and collaboration. Both are widely used in the extant literature, are ill-defined, and may pose some considerable pause from new and experienced self-study researchers alike. A conceptual metaphor developed from my lifelong experience as a learner and teacher of martial arts will provide an additional lens for examining these pressures. I then suggest a different entry point for thinking about self-study methodology: the freedom to be creative in an environment to do self-study through what I refer to as creatogenic and creatopathic environments. The chapter concludes by using this heuristic to provide a brief analysis of the chapters comprising this section of the handbook, all of which have taken a new approach to considering self-study, methods, and methodologies.

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    Shawn Michael Bullock

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  1. Faculty of Education, Brock University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Julian Kitchen

  2. Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia

    Amanda Berry

  3. Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Shawn Michael Bullock

  4. College of Education, Kent State University College of Education, Kent, OH, USA

    Alicia R. Crowe

  5. Dept. of Secondary and Special Education, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA

    Monica Taylor

  6. School of Education, University of Iceland School of Education, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Hafdís Guðjónsdóttir

  7. Faculté d’éducation, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada

    Lynn Thomas

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Bullock, S.M. (2020). Navigating the Pressures of Self-Study Methodology. In: Kitchen, J., et al. 2nd International Handbook of Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1710-1_8-1

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