<P>In this book Julian Edge explores the construct of reflexivity in teacher education, differentiating it from, while locating it in, reflective practice. </P>
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<P>Reflexivity is the key concept underpinning a view of teacher education that binds together the orientations of action research and personal development in a way that establishes common ground, common purpose, and common experience between teachers and teacher educators. </P>
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<P>Augmenting the field in important ways, <EM>The Reflexive Teacher Educator in TESOL:</EM></P>
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<LI>develops the concept of praxis as it resolves the usual theory/practice dichotomy of teacher education</LI>
<LI>introduces a framework (Copying, Applying, Theorising, Reflecting, Acting) that allows present and prospective teacher educators to become reflexive individuals</LI>
<LI>uses a narrative, autobiographical voice that explicates the concepts involved, while also offering practical methodological procedures for teacher education.</LI></UL>
<P>Written with clarity and style, scholarly yet personal, dealing with reflexivity in an accessible yet non-trivial way, this book - a first in the field, distinctive in terms of <EM>what</EM> the story is and <EM>how</EM> it is told - is a gift to the profession of TESOL teacher education.</P>
