Signposts, Profits, and Pitfalls in Teaching and Learning Self-Study Research: A Conversation

Abstract

In this final chapter we, the authors of the Dutch part of this book, share our conversation about what we have discovered about teaching, learning, and enacting self-study methodology. Four main issues arose from our conversation. The first issue is the way that the context in which a self-study is carried out influences the further development of a teacher educator identity. The second focuses on the relationship between the sometimes confusing and lonely self-study journey and the importance of traveling that journey together with colleagues in a motivating and safe environment. The third explores the multilevel learning opportunities self-study research offers. The fourth focuses on the teaching of self-study research and more specifically on the pedagogical approaches that teachers of self-study research use to offer signposts to others. We discuss these issues and provide suggestions and ideas for others interested in teaching and learning in self-study groups.