Those Who Can Do Self-Study, Do Self-Study: But Can They Teach It?

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  In Roundtable Session: Discovering Tensions in Practice Through Self-Study

Abstract

This paper describes the challenges encountered by a teacher educator and self-study practitioner as he attempted to facilitate a group of colleagues in learning about and engaging in self-study. While competent in conducting self-study for himself, the author had never before tried to teach it to others. The findings from this self-study indicate three main sources of tension experienced by the author, broadly categorized as pedagogical challenges, relational challenges, and feelings of self-efficacy. Uncovering these tensions gives those involved in the S-STEP community an opportunity to reflect on and to consider how such dilemmas might be beneficially navigated to advance understanding and use of the methodology to others.

Author

• Jason K. Ritter, Duquesne University