This book has won the Publication Award: Multiauthored or Edited Books from the Canadian
Association of Foundations of Education (CAFE) This captivating book opens a multi-vocal and
layered conversation on critical contemporary issues in teacher education. As a provocative
example of self-study research each part of the book shows the richness and productivity of
collaborative practice-based research oriented to critical issues in teacher education. In
bringing forward key issues in teacher education Provoking Conversations on Inquiry in Teacher
Education also demonstrates an exercise of practical judgment that is to show how certain
kinds of research and writing can address the real life issues encountered in practice. The
bold effort to make their work public and invite responses represents a deliberate attempt by
the authors to reveal the importance of critical conversations. Invited responses by critical
friends from other institutions demonstrate that conversations about practices in teacher
education must remain open-ended and responsive to a plurality of thought and experience.
