Learning to Do Self-Study: An Inquiry Into the Experiences of Faculty Participants in a Self-Study Learning Group

• In Event: Learning and Living Self-Study Methods

Abstract

This collaborative self-study explores the learning of eight faculty participants in a self-study learning group over a three year period. All of the participants/authors are members of the same teacher education department of a school of education in the United States, who voluntarily participated in this semi-structured professional development initiative facilitated by a self-study practitioner from within the department. Findings are presented according to four categories as they relate to our collective learning: (a) who we are as teacher educators and educational researchers, (b) what we wanted from our participation in the self-study group, (c) what we now understand about self-study methodology, and (d) on the usefulness of the group in relation to facilitating such understandings.

Authors

• Jason K. Ritter, Duquesne University

• Rachel Angela Ayieko, Duquesne University

• Xia Chao, Duquesne University

• Laura J. Mahalingappa, Duquesne University

• Christopher J. Meidl, Duquesne University

• Carla K Meyer, Duquesne University

• Sandra Quinones, Duquesne University

• Julia A. Williams, Duquesne University