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

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.