Kamali, JaberKamali, JaberRektörlük, Yabancı Diller Okulu2023-08-222023-08-222023Kamali, J. (2023). Metamorphosis of a teacher educator: A journey towards a more critical self. Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, 6(2), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.37074/jalt.2023.6.2.82591-801Xhttps://doi.org/10.37074/jalt.2023.6.2.8https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12154/2322Critical teacher education emerged as a response to the liberal, hegemonic, and power-oriented world that affected teacher education as well. Albeit widely discussed, moving towards becoming this type of teacher educator is neither easy nor fast. This autoethnographic narrative study describes my journey as a teacher educator from a non-critical, product-oriented, passive teacher educator to a more critical, process- oriented, active teacher educator who learns, questions, relearns, and unlearns. The data are gathered from different sources of my personal portfolio, including training diaries, field notes, memories, feedback, and observation. The findings of the study reveal the underlying factors that shape our thoughts, beliefs, and practices and how we can gain voice and agency and transform into critical teacher educators.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAutoethnographyCritical PedagogyCritical Teacher EducationNarrative AnalysisArticle621810.37074/jalt.2023.6.2.8Q1