The History of the Castle Conference
Since 1996, members of the self-study community have met every two years at the Queen’s University International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle, U.K. The Castle provides a stunning venue for the conference. The 2014 conference will be the 10th time we all gather at the Castle in the spirit of scholarship, inquiry and a common commitment to researching teacher education practices.
S-STEP is one of the largest special interest groups of AERA (the American Education Research Association). Its biennial residential conference is focused on exploring, sharing and supporting forms of self-study for teacher educators. It is a small conference of around 150 participants, representing something of a ‘who’s who’ in the self-study community. Unlike contemporary research conferences, presentation times at the Castle are quite long and everyone is encouraged to be innovative in their forms of presentation – consequently, each session is quite novel, inclusive and rich in content. Conference delegates are are drawn from a global community, with many traveling from the USA, Australia and New Zealand. Others come from closer places, such as Holland, Iceland, and Belgium. There are even a few local English teacher educators! |
It is not unusual to find castle participants who are outstanding in their field
Each evening the day's events are carefully reflected on at the Castle
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Conference proceedings
The refereed proceedings of each conference are available for download below (PDF Format):
The refereed proceedings of each conference are available for download below (PDF Format):
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Richards, J. & Russell, T. (Eds.). (1996). Empowering our future in teacher education. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices, Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England. Kingston, ON: Queen’s University. (PDF) Castle 2 Cole, A. L. & Finley, S. (Eds.). (1998). Conversations in community. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices, Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England. Kingston, ON: Queen’s University. (PDF) Castle 3 Loughran, J., & Russell, T. (Eds.). (2000). Exploring myths and legends of teacher education. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices, Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England. Kingston, ON: Queen’s University. (PDF) Castle 4 Kosnik, C., Freese, A., & Samaras, A. P. (Eds.). (2002). Making a difference in teacher education through self-study. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices, Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England. Toronto, ON: OISE/UT. (PDF Volume 1) (PDF Volume 2) Castle 5 Fitzgerald, L. M., Heston, M. L., & Tidwell, D. L. (Eds.). (2004). Collaboration and community: Pushing boundaries through self-study. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices, Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England. Cedar Falls, IA: University of Northern Iowa. (PDF) Castle 6 Tidwell, D. L., Fitzgerald, L. M., & Heston, M. L. (Eds.). (2006). Journeys of hope: Risking self-study in a diverse world. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices, Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England. Cedar Falls, IA: University of Northern Iowa. (PDF) Castle 7 Heston, M. L., Tidwell, D. L., East, K. K., & Fitzgerald, L. M.(Eds.). (2008). Pathways to change in teacher education: Dialogue, diversity, and self-study. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices, Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England. Cedar Falls, IA: University of Northern Iowa. (PDF) |
Castle 8 Erickson, L. B., Young, J. R., Pinnegar, S.(Eds.). (2010). Navigating the Public and Private: Negotiating the Diverse Landscape of Teacher Education. Proceedings of the Eigth International Conference on Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices, Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University. (PDF) Castle 9 Young, J. R., Erickson, L. B., & Pinnegar, S. (Eds.) (2012). Extending Inquiry Communities: Illuminating Teacher Education through Self-Study. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices, Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University. (PDF) Castle 10 Garbett, D., & Ovens, A. (Eds.), Changing practices for changing times: Past, present and future possibilities for self-study research. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices. Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England. Auckland, NZ: University of Auckland. (PDF) Castle 11 Garbett, D., & Ovens, A. (Eds.), Enacting self-study as methodology for professional inquiry. Hertfordshire:STEP. (PDF) Castle 12 Garbett, D. & Ovens, A. (Eds), Pushing boundaries and crossing borders: Self-study as a means for researching. Herstmonceux, UK: S-STEP (PDF) Castle 13 Edge, C., Cameron-Standerford, A., & Bergh, B. (2020). Textiles and Tapestries. EdTech Books. Retrieved from https://equitypress.org/textiles_tapestries_self_study Castle 14 Cameron-Standerford, A., Bergh, B., & Edge, C. (2023). Pausing at the Threshold (1st ed.). Equity Press. https://dx.doi.org/10.59668/558 |