TY - CHAP AB - This chapter presents a personal account of ISATT from the perspective of the first elected chair of the organization. In this work, the 1980s backdrop against which ISATT came into being is instantiated. Further to this, a panoramic view of the literature is offered and an “oral history” approach is used. To end, an archival document – a selection read at the 1988 biennial conference held near Sherwood Forest in Nottingham, England – pays tribute to Rob Halkes, the person who, with the assistance of key others, birthed the international study association which is now globally known as ISATT. VL - 19 SN - 978-1-78190-851-8, 978-1-78190-850-1/1479-3687 DO - 10.1108/S1479-3687(2013)0000019005 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3687(2013)0000019005 AU - Lowyck Joost ED - Cheryl J. Craig ED - Paulien C. Meijer ED - Jan Broeckmans PY - 2013 Y1 - 2013/01/01 TI - Chapter 2 The Origins of ISATT: An Idiosyncratic Perspective T2 - From Teacher Thinking to Teachers and Teaching: The Evolution of a Research Community T3 - Advances in Research on Teaching PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 39 EP - 49 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -