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This book brings in an international perspective on a much debated area, namely teacher education. Through narrative research, the chapters in this collection provide a wide variety of stories of discovery, transformation and hope in teaching and learning to teach.

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Foreword; D.J.Clandinin Introduction; A.M.A.Mattos Narrative Frameworks for Living, Learning, Researching and Teaching; A.L.Forsythe Moore PART I: STORIES OF DISCOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION Understanding Classroom Experiences: Listening to Stories in Order to Tell Stories; A.M.A.Mattos Becoming a Teacher: Using Narratives to Develop a Professional Stance of Teaching Science; R.W.Blake Jr. & S.Haines Personal Politics and Identity in Student Teachers´ Stories of Learning to Teach; A.Ovens Learning to Teach Across Cultural Boundaries; N.Hooley & M.Ryan River Journeys: Narrative Accounts of South Australian Pre-service Teachers During Professional Experience; F.McCallum & B.Prosser Exploring Ways to Promote an Equality Discourse Using Non-Text/Creative Approaches for Learning in the Everyday Lives in Adult Literacy Learners; R.Mark Team Teaching: Having the Eyes to See the Wind; D.Garbett & R.Heap Enhancing Faculty Commitment, Hope and Renewal Through Developmental Performance Reviews; G.Quartaro & B.Cox PART II: STORIES OF HOPE ´It Gives Me a Kind of Grounding´: Two University Educators´ Narratives of Hope in Worklife; D.Larsen Finding the Time and Space to Write: Some Stories from Canadian Teacher Educators; D.Miller Learning About Hope Through Hope: Reflections on the ESL Enterprise; J.Sillito A Newcomer´s Hope: A Narrative Inquiry into One Teacher Educator´s Professional Development Experiences in Canada; Y.Li A Tail of Hope: Preservice Teachers´ Stories of Expectation Toward the Profession; A.M.A.Mattos

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"Readers will be interested in how people from different geographical locations and cultures embrace narrative as a way of knowing teaching and teacher education . . .This book is a timely addition to academia, and it is especially pertinent because it addresses both education and psychology audiences. To my knowledge, a volume on this important theme does not currently exist. Therefore, the appeal of this book will be very high. It is a fine exemplar of how narrative can be used in a variety of ways to unpack human experience." - Cheryl Craig, Director of Elementary Education and Coordinator of Teaching and Teacher Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Houston

"The heart and hope in this book is expressed in the simple opening line of the Introduction: Every culture has its main stories. In this modern world of travelers and traveling stories we need books like this to help us build a more understanding and compassionate world." - F. Michael Connelly, Professor Emeritus, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto

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