Being a Teacher Educator in Challenging Times

Mike Hayler is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton, UK. His research draws upon analytic autoethnography and life history methods to examine the education of teachers, the role of narrative in the construction of identity, and the development of pedagogy. These themes are closely related to his professional practice and informed by his experience as a classroom teacher, advisory teacher and teacher educator. Judy Williams is a Senior Lecturer at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. She is interested in understanding the lives and work of teachers and teacher educators, and in utilising methodologies that explore teachers’ lived experiences and professional learning.  She has researched the work of teachers, pre-service teachers and teacher educators in various contexts, including career transitions and engagement in international learning experiences. She also supports teachers in the development of their research careers.

1 Introduction.- 2 Duoethnography to Explore the Work and Lives of Teacher Educators.- 3 Our educational journeys.- 4 Becoming a teacher educator.- 5 Policy and educational contexts of teacher education.- 6 Collaboration and the work of teacher educators.- 7 Working with the teaching profession.- 8 Developing pedagogies of teacher education.- 9 Constructing an identity as a teacher educator.- 10 What does 'becoming a teacher educator' mean?.