Afterword Moving The Methodology of Self-Study Research and Practice Forward: Challenges and Opportunities

Abstract

This chapter serves as an afterword for this section of the handbook devoted to be articulation and examination of the methods and methodology of self-study research and practice. I compare and contrast sections 8 chapters and conclude that there is significant and corroborative consistency in the conceptual framework for and methodology of self-study. The differences that are revealed are mainly in the details and suggest promising avenues for future deliberation and development. I propose and encourage four possible foci for our efforts to move the methodology of self-study research and practice forward: the role of the subject matter of teacher education in our self-study methodology; the differences and relationship between the methods and methodology of self-study; the further articulation and application of the validation process defined as trustworthiness; and, our grounding in and goals for the ethic of care and social justice in our self-study practice and research.