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Five years ago, after 10 years as a classroom teacher I decided to return to school to pursue a doctoral degree. While going through my academic journey, I continued teaching since my primary goal was to find meaningful and innovative ways to improve my practice and student learning.
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- Household Responsibility
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Mazurett-Boyle, R. (2016). Researching Our Way. In: Kitchen, J., Tidwell, D., Fitzgerald, L. (eds) Self-Study and Diversity II. Professional Learning. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-534-0_5
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