Chapter One Introduction: Understanding Teachers in Changing Contexts Chapter Two Navigating the Conceptual Landscape Mapping the Field The Knowledge-base for Teachers The Teachers' Voices Images and Metaphors Stories and Folkways Life-history and Critical Incidents Chapter Three Life-history Narrative Perspective Approaches to Studying Teachers What Is Life-history Narrative Perspective? On Narrative Life-history The Main Issues with Narrative Perspectives Why Life-history Narrative Perspective? Ethics and Trustworthiness Chapter Four Diachronic Analysis Understanding Life-history Narrative as Data Diachronic and Synchronic Framework A Case of Intergenerational Analysis of Three Teachers. Change and Continuity Life-history as Learning to Teach Chapter Five Synchronic Analysis Narrative Accounts of Two Novice Teachers Narrative Accounts of Five Experienced Teachers Narrative Accounts of a Veteran Teacher Chapter Six Pedagogy as Caring Caring and Grammar Teaching Care for Those Who Care Chapter Seven Post-epiphany Appendix 1 A Sample of Biographic-narrative Interview Appendix 2 A Sample Follow-up Conversation References List of Diagrams Diagram 1: Narrative research: th~ee-dimensional nature Diagram 2: Diachronic and synchronic analysis with metaphor, life-story and critical incident Diagram 3: A chart of key metaphors of the three generational teachers Diagram 4: Pedagogy intertwined with caring and grammar teaching