Action research shifts the paradigm of contemporary educational reform by emphasizing
inquiry and placing teachers at the center of research-into-practice. By situating teachers as …

Self-study is a self-focused, improvement-oriented approach to understanding one's own
professional practices while also forging recommendations for the larger community of …

The teaching of environmental sustainability was explored in five sections of an elementary
social studies methods course with pre-service teachers. Using surveys and structured …

Self-study presents one approach to research that can be used to understand how current
teacher educators and teacher education doctoral students (re) develop their practice and …

As a teacher educator, I became concerned that my practice did not reflect my constructivist
perspective. This realization disrupted my belief about my teaching efficacy. I understood …

This chapter introduces two types of practitioner research—action research and self‐study—
that have expanded our understanding of social studies teaching and learning. Unlike more …

This chapter demonstrates the value of collaborative self-study and critical friendship for the
professional development of a teacher educator who is new to teaching future social studies …

Over the past few years, podcasting has become an increasingly popular tool to facilitate
learning in educational settings (McNamara & Drew, 2019). Podcasting in education has …

Preparing teacher candidates (TCs) to become effective teachers is challenging, requiring
teacher educators (TEs) to develop a complex set of abilities, skills, and dispositions. Thus …

In this chapter we present a review of self-study research with a social studies education
connection. We reviewed 60 published works in two phases of analysis. First, we read the …