My Journey as an Educator: Balancing Motherhood and Academia

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Author(s): Jennifer A. Manak (Rollins College, USA)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 17
Source title: Teacher Reflections on Transitioning From K-12 to Higher Education Classrooms
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Amy D. Broemmel (The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA)and Nora Vines (The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3460-4.ch015

Keywords: Business & Management / Information Science Reference / Professional Development / Teacher Education

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This chapter reflects how the author's students and children shaped her journey as an educator, how becoming a mother has informed her teaching, and how these experiences have continually inspired her to refine her craft as a teacher educator. Through a series of vignettes, the author reveals her evolving philosophy of education and her multifaceted journey from an elementary teacher to a teacher educator who has learned to thrive by balancing the ever-changing demands of motherhood, academia, and life itself.

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