Becoming: Transformative Storytelling for Education's Future

Becoming: Transformative Storytelling for Education's Future is a collection of powerful stories about teaching and learning. The book illuminates an inquiry process for educators to reflect on and tell their own stories of teaching and learning, in order to fuel personal, professional, and organizational transformation. The inquiry and storytelling process is modeled throughout the book by the author chapters. Through their educational autobiographies, the authors uncover opportunities for making changes in their own educational practices as well as those of the organizations in which they work and teach. The stories also surface challenges in the broader education system and the authors consider the ways to create more equitable, culturally sustaining, and transformative educational experiences for all students. Readers can engage with the stories in the volume to inspire their own personal and professional growth, and perhaps even more powerfully, readers can dive into the process themselves. This book provides readers with the structure and motivation to surface, share, and engage with their own stories of teaching and learning, and to invite their colleagues into the process, to collectively consider the possibilities for transformation within their own educational contexts.

About the Author
Colket, Laura: - Dr. Laura Colket, Associate Professor at St. George's University, is Director of the Master of Education program, Associate Director of Leadership and Excellence in Academic Development, and co-founder of the Center for Research on Storytelling in Education. She lives in Grenada with her two children.Light, Tracy Penny: - Dr. Tracy Penny Light is Professor and Director of the Leadership and Excellence in Academic Development (LEAD) Division, and co-Founder of the Center for Research on Storytelling in Education at St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies.Carswell, Adam: - Dr. Adam Carswell is a scholar-practitioner and school leader with over two decades of experience working to create joyfully engaging school climates for students and teachers. He has taught in Canada, Australia, the U.S., and the Caribbean and he currently resides in Canada with his family.