Shifting Identities: The Power of/in Teaching Autoethnography

Presenter Information

Paige Averett

Location

Room 2077

Format Type

Paper

Start Date

January 2011

End Date

January 2011

Abstract

This presentation will provide an autoethnographic account of the experience of teaching, assigning and critiquing social work student's autoethnographies. Nodal moments from five years of utilizing this method in the classroom will be explored including the difficulties of grading the private experiences of students. The presentation will include occasions of shared 2 meaning making as well as private reflection upon the role tension from being a teacher, researcher and confidant.

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Shifting Identities: The Power of/in Teaching Autoethnography

Room 2077

This presentation will provide an autoethnographic account of the experience of teaching, assigning and critiquing social work student's autoethnographies. Nodal moments from five years of utilizing this method in the classroom will be explored including the difficulties of grading the private experiences of students. The presentation will include occasions of shared 2 meaning making as well as private reflection upon the role tension from being a teacher, researcher and confidant.