In the tradition of educational narrative inquiry, this book explores diverse ways of thinking, writing and theorizing from auto/biographic experience, in language that is rooted in practice yet challenges the authoritative discourses of educational policy, theory and research. The book moves from first to third person accounts and from personal and family stories to narratives of teachers and teacher educators in the contested, multicultural environment of Israel. It highlights the multi-voiced, embodied lives of Israeli teachers from many cultures and identities and engages with literature around memory and embodiment, imagination, place and presence in teaching. The book will interest researchers in curriculum studies, teaching and teacher education, as well as scholars interested in issues of memory in historical and contemporary contexts.

Elbaz-Luwisch (education, U. of Haifa) discusses the nature of teaching and teacher knowledge, teacher development and school reform, and narrative as a methodology for understanding the lives and work of teachers. She synthesizes ideas elaborated over the past 20 years by researchers who see storytelling as the interactive process that constitutes