“…Alisa studied her field instruction practice for several reasons. First, self-study has the potential to provide insights about particular issues that could inform future field-instruction practices (Hamilton & Pinnegar, 1998Loughran, 2007;Montecinos et al, 2002). Second, many educators recognize the benefits of an insider's view of specific participants, events, and meaning construction (Baumann & Duffy-Hester, 2000;Hamilton, 1998;Louie, Drevdahl, Purdy, & Stackman, 2003).…”