This book aims to explore & make visible the intersection of subject matter knowledge & teacher knowledge in the narratives of teachers This complicated interaction between these two bodies of knowledge is often studied & little understood This book uses narrative to examine the complexities of teaching & learning The authors of the chapters as well as the editors use innovative approaches to narrative methodology for research on teaching & teacher education in areas of education critical to teachers' lives Particularly through this book they continue to advance the work of researchers to display narratives of educator lives & ways of knowing while opening the space for a community of narrative scholars