Faculty who do not speak the language of instruction in their universities as their first language face additional challenges in teaching. This study aimed to investigate a non-native speaker faculty member, Eisuke Saito, who had attempted to manage and overcome language challenges in teaching. Through an autobiographical self-study of teacher…

This article simultaneously explores the dynamic nature of teacher educator identity and highlights the methodological potential of poetic inquiry in self-study. Using tensions as a conceptual framework to explore identity as a process of becoming, I draw from a series of found poems to examine my identity as a mid-career teacher educator working…

Our self-study examines our integration of concepts from the field of Disability Studies in Education (DSE) into our introductory special education and educational foundations courses in two different accredited teacher preparation programs. Using narratives and shared dialogues about our curricular deliberations, we explored the barriers and…

Intentional integration of knowledge from both K-12 practice and teacher preparation theories supports emerging teacher educators' hybrid identity development. In this collaborative self-study, three teacher educators reflected upon the negotiation of tensions that arose in their efforts to promote culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy…

In this self-study, an education professor examines his efforts to attend to the concerns of teacher candidates concerning equity, diversity and social justice in a new School and Society course. The teacher educator asked teacher candidates complete exit cards after most classes and also read numerous teacher candidate journals and responses to…

In this collaborative self-study, we examined our experiences of oppression and exclusion as tenure-track assistant professors possessing intersecting outsider statuses. We found that oppression is the elephant in the academy. We used self-study methodology, along with narrative inquiry, and textual and discursive analysis, to analyze our…

Intending to foster a partnership between his university and a local school and to create a new identity as a teacher educator in the community, a newly hired assistant professor of English education offered support to a secondary English department and ended up working extensively with the teachers (planning, observing, giving feedback,…