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Learning, Leading, and the Best-Loved Self in Teaching and Teacher Education

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Editors:
  1. Cheryl J. Craig

    1. Teaching, Learning and Culture, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

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  2. Denise M. McDonald

    1. Curriculum and Instruction, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, USA

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  3. Gayle A. Curtis

    1. University of Houston, Houston, USA

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  • Puts forth the concept of the best-loved self as a key component of teacher identity
  • Includes examples of collaborative research across schools, districts, and universities
  • Recounts the history and activities of a multi-institutional 15-year faculty development group

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introducing the Book and the Best-Loved Self

    • Gayle A. Curtis
    Pages 1-8

  3. Tracing the Roots of the Best-Loved Self

    • Cheryl J. Craig
    Pages 9-29

  4. A Challenging Teaching Experience Cultivated Profound Professional and Personal Rewards

    • Denise M. McDonald
    Pages 31-59

  5. Recognizing and Fostering the Best-Loved Teacher Self: One Teacher’s Story

    • Sandy White Watson
    Pages 61-80

  6. What Makes a Good Teacher: One Female Educator’s Lived Experiences

    • Xiao Han, Yuhua Bu
    Pages 81-97

  7. Kicking and Screaming: Reflections of a Reluctant Educator

    • Jean Kiekel
    Pages 99-111

  8. Joined at the Hip: Learning the Ropes and the Charge to Pass It On

    • Janice Moore Newsum
    Pages 113-122

  9. Vignettes of the Best-Loved Self

    • Michaelann Kelley, Gayle A. Curtis, Cheryl J. Craig
    Pages 123-144

  10. Exploring Your Past to Strengthen Your Best-Loved Self

    • Kent Divoll, Angelica Ribeiro
    Pages 145-169

  11. Unleashing the Best-Loved Self: Autobiographical Narratives of Experience in Higher Education

    • Miguel Burgess Monroy, Michele Norton, Cheryl J. Craig
    Pages 171-193

  12. My Best-Loved Self

    • Jacqueline J. Sack
    Pages 195-207

  13. A Milieu for Flourishing as Your Best-Loved Self: A Mentored Knowledge Community Learning About Mentoring

    • Michele Norton, Gayle A. Curtis
    Pages 209-232

  14. Discovering the E in STEM: The Best-Loved Self Mirrored Back

    • Mariam Manuel
    Pages 233-250

  15. She Even Gave Me Her Liver: A Story Given Back

    • Paige K. Evans
    Pages 251-268

  16. Discovering Your Best-Loved Self as a Multifaceted Mentor

    • Donna Stokes
    Pages 269-291

  17. Bernardo Through Jackie’s Eyes and Jackie Through Bernardo’s Eyes

    • Jacqueline J. Sack, Bernardo Pohl
    Pages 293-303

  18. Composing Our Best-Loved Selves : Using the Educational Disruption of the COVID-19 Pandemic to Reforge Our Teacher Educator Identities

    • Jane McIntosh Cooper, Leslie M. Gauna, Christine E. Beaudry
    Pages 305-325

  19. Journey of Discovery: Finding One’s Best-Loved Self

    • Denise M. McDonald
    Pages 327-331

  20. The Best-Loved Self: Where to from Here?

    • Cheryl J. Craig
    Pages 333-342
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About this book

This book explores the concept of the "best-loved self" in teaching and teacher education, asserting that the best-loved self is foundational to the development of teacher identity, growth in context, and learning in community. Drawing on the work of Joseph Schwab, who was the first to name the "best-loved self," the editors and their contributors extend this knowledge further through the collaboration of their group of teacher educators, known as the Faculty Academy, who have been involved in examining teacher education for over two decades.  

Editors and Affiliations

  • Teaching, Learning and Culture, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

    Cheryl J. Craig

  • Curriculum and Instruction, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, USA

    Denise M. McDonald

  • University of Houston, Houston, USA

    Gayle A. Curtis

About the editors

Cheryl J. Craig is Professor and the Houston Endowment Endowed Chair of Urban Education at Texas A&M University, USA. She also serves as the Program Lead of Technology and Teacher Education and is the founding director of the Collaborative for Innovation in Teacher Education. Craig is an American Educational Research Association (AERA) Fellow and has received career awards from AERA's Division B (Curriculum) and Division K (Teacher Education) in addition to the Michael Huberman Award for Contributions to the Understanding of the Lives of Teachers.  

Denise M. McDonald is Professor, Program Coordinator of Teacher Education, and Sandra Johnson/Barrios Technology Endowed Professor at the University of Houston – Clear Lake, USA. McDonald teaches curriculum and instruction courses in undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs. Her research interests include teacher education, scholarly identity formation, learner motivation, and reflective,relational, and exemplary pedagogy. She employs qualitative research methods, such as self-study, narrative inquiry, and critical ethnography to explore topics of interest. 

Gayle A. Curtis is a Program Manager for the Asian American Studies Center at the University of Houston, USA, and Research Associate for the College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University, USA. Her research delves into the lives of teachers, teacher preparation, reflective practice, teacher collaboration, and identity. She employs narrative inquiry, critical ethnography and self-study depending on the inquiry at hand. 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Learning, Leading, and the Best-Loved Self in Teaching and Teacher Education

  • Editors: Cheryl J. Craig, Denise M. McDonald, Gayle A. Curtis

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11902-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11901-9Published: 11 December 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11904-0Published: 11 December 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-11902-6Published: 10 December 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2524-7069

  • Series E-ISSN: 2524-7077

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 348

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Teaching and Teacher Education, Professional & Vocational Education

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