Chapter 16: Luck—a Defining Element of Success: Or, How a Few Borrowed Innovations, Time, Effort, and Money Combined with Opportunity and Support, Are Creating Success for Some Professors and Many Students

I’ve often thought about how my views of teaching and teacher education, and my career, would have been different without the lucky break of having met and worked closely with Professor Dorothy Schlitt at Florida State University (FSU). From working with Dorothy, I came to understand at least six concepts about research and teaching that were significant to my career and, I firmly believe, the careers of many of my students. These concepts can be briefly described as:

But, to understand these ideas and how they eventually developed and influenced me and others, you need to know a few things.