government. When asked about future plans eight said they plan to retire. Being an
LTE as many of our participants noted was a privilege but was demanding phys-
ically, intellectually, and emotionally. How long can LTEs continue to work under
conditions which they feel dismiss their knowledge/expertise and question their
ability?
Teacher educators are charged with guiding their student teachers through the
roiling waves of education. This is not an easy task given work intensification,
competing demands, levels of compliance imposed on them, short timelines, limited
funding, and hierarchy within schools of education. Studying the multifaceted work
of teacher educators should continue because it is hoped that the neoconservative
trend in education will eventually subside and teacher educators will once again be
at the decision-making table. Research on them through these troubled times makes
explicit their difficult reality.
Acknowledgements We wish to thank the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada for their generous support of this research.
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