Of Books, Barns, and Boardrooms

Ellyn Lyle, Ph.D. (2011), is Dean in the Faculty of Education at Yorkville University. The use of critical and reflexive methodologies shape explorations within the following areas: teacher and learner identity; praxis and practitioner development; and lived and living curriculum. This is her 12th book.

• Preface: Wading into Reflexive InquiryAbout the AuthorPART 1: An Education Terroir1 My Entry Point2 Beginnings in Endings3 Circling Closer4 Re/imagining a Future in EducationPART 2: Learning with/in Schools5 Assumptions about Truth6 A World without Colour7 Perspective8 Going BackPART 3: Learning with Horses9 Join-Up10 Compassionate Companionship11 My Inner HorsePART 4: Learning with/in Organisations12 From Barn to Boardroom13 Locally Grown14 Certified Organic15 Of Best IntentionsPART 5: Cultivating the Field of Co-constructed Praxis16 Centring Reflexive Values17 Living Reflexively18 Fostering Co-constructed PraxisAfterwordReferences

“Ellyn Lyle models reflexive inquiry as a deeply personal textual practice. Her prose is crisply succinct, speaking directly to educators in a refreshingly resonant voice. One hears a scholar who understands the challenges of student engagement that teachers face in schools and university classrooms. Answers are not necessarily to be found in curriculum plans and instructional designs but in the capacity of educators to know themselves more fully and bring their best selves to class each day. Of Books, Barns, and Boardrooms will inspire teachers to dig deeply into their own stories of teacher formation. The reflexivity shining through this text is narratively evocative of the very manner in which educators at all levels may cultivate supple resiliency while responding to the call to re/centre our humanness in teaching and learning.” – Stephen Smith, Ph.D., Professor, Simon Fraser University