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The Infinity Mirror: Learning To Lead Through Action-Oriented Inquiry, Robert D. Evans Jan 2022

The Infinity Mirror: Learning To Lead Through Action-Oriented Inquiry, Robert D. Evans

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This dissertation-in-practice is a reflective self-study exploring the lived experience of the current researcher as a leader of Lesson Study (LS) over 2 years. Drawing on the concepts of perspective and engagement articulated by Wenger-Trayner and Wenger- Trayner (2016) in their Learning in Landscapes of Practice conceptual framework, the study is organized around the primary critical question: How has my perspective on what it means to be a teacher leader been transformed through my engagement with LS in the context of a US community of educational practice? Working within the paradigm of first person action-oriented inquiry, the method of self-study …