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The Invisible Educators

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I have been a senior lecturer in a South-West further education college for 20 years, and then a senior lecturer, teacher educator and researcher in a South-West university for 16 years. I have worked in departments including adult and community education, access to higher education, teacher education and education studies (mainly teaching on qualifications in post-compulsory education in partnership with further education colleges).

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Crawley, J. (2023). The Invisible Educators. In: Hopkins, N., Thompson, C. (eds) Reflections on Identity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46794-3_9

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