TY - CHAP AB - Abstract Self-study in teacher education practices is rife with tensions revolving around self and its position in relation to teaching practice and research. In this chapter, I explore and demonstrate these tensions building on Schwab's practical orientation and following its developments in narrative research and self-study. In particular, I focus on the role of self-knowledge in my work as a teacher educator as it has featured in my own self-studies. To present this, I rely on relational teacher education, a framework that I have developed and has guided my living and teaching as a teacher educator. Overall, this progression will demonstrate my belief that self-study is a crucial vehicle for developing self-knowledge; however, it ought to be seen as a means for relational teaching practice and not merely as an end. VL - 34 SN - 978-1-83982-262-9, 978-1-83982-263-6/1479-3687 DO - 10.1108/S1479-368720200000034005 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-368720200000034005 AU - Kitchen Julian ED - Oren Ergas ED - Jason K. Ritter PY - 2020 Y1 - 2020/01/01 TI - Studying the Self in Self-study: Self-knowledge as a Means Toward Relational Teacher Education T2 - Exploring Self Toward Expanding Teaching, Teacher Education and Practitioner Research T3 - Advances in Research on Teaching PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 91 EP - 104 Y2 - 2024/04/27 ER -