Effecting Epiphanous Change in Teacher Practice - Working Towards Inclusion
Location
DeSantis Room 1052
Format Type
Plenary
Format Type
Paper
Start Date
15-1-2020 3:30 PM
End Date
15-1-2020 3:50 PM
Abstract
This presentation shares the researcher’s experience of utilising autoethnographic vignettes as a valuable qualitative methodological tool. Karen’s stories stem from her life experiences that provide a snapshot of her quest for equality and fairness in her personal life, as well as her professional life as a primary school and special education educator. Karen later became a teacher of teachers, keen to share what she had learned with her peers. It was when she began educating other teachers that she became even more self-reflective with the most poignant question being, what causes one to change their beliefs, attitude, or way of thinking? The completed study encapsulates significant stories, starting from early childhood, to the motivation behind Karen’s teaching career and then the students that she met who shaped her adoption of the belief of equality and fairness for all. Two questions emerge, how valuable is the autoethnographic study as data? Second, how important is the epiphany within the autoethnography?
Keywords
Autoethnography, evocative autoethnography, reflexivity, epiphany
Effecting Epiphanous Change in Teacher Practice - Working Towards Inclusion
DeSantis Room 1052
This presentation shares the researcher’s experience of utilising autoethnographic vignettes as a valuable qualitative methodological tool. Karen’s stories stem from her life experiences that provide a snapshot of her quest for equality and fairness in her personal life, as well as her professional life as a primary school and special education educator. Karen later became a teacher of teachers, keen to share what she had learned with her peers. It was when she began educating other teachers that she became even more self-reflective with the most poignant question being, what causes one to change their beliefs, attitude, or way of thinking? The completed study encapsulates significant stories, starting from early childhood, to the motivation behind Karen’s teaching career and then the students that she met who shaped her adoption of the belief of equality and fairness for all. Two questions emerge, how valuable is the autoethnographic study as data? Second, how important is the epiphany within the autoethnography?
Comments
Accepted Article (see info below)
Effecting Epiphanous Change in Teacher Practice: A Teacher’s Autoethnography.
We have scheduled your paper for copy editing and publication in The Qualitative Report Volume 24, Number 10. We will publish your paper October 28, 2019.
Please note, that the article has two authors. Karen Barley is the primary author of this article and Jane Southcott provided some revision and advice as my supervisor for my PHD. Jane Southcott will not be attending the conference.