Mid-life Qualitative Research Teacher's Crisis: A Cry for (Pedagogical) Help
Location
1049
Format Type
Event
Format Type
Paper
Start Date
January 2019
End Date
January 2019
Abstract
Mid-life crisis is a transition of identity and self-confidence that can occur in middle-aged individuals, typically 45–64 years old. The phenomenon is described as a psychological crisis brought about by events that highlight a person's growing age, inevitable mortality, and possibly shortcomings of accomplishments in life (Wikipedia). This paper has been emerging for some time now. I am a full professor at an open access university, who, due to a large enrollment of doctoral students, reads papers, prospectuses, and proposals on a daily basis, many of which reference Wikipedia (and Merriam-Vebster) for research arguments. While my former go-to scholarly outlets rely heavily on French Theory and experimental forms of doing research and writing it up, my daily tasks feel much, much mundane. My paper will address teaching qualitative research in the institutional structures that are not necessarily set up to meet the needs of my students, still called non-traditional.
Keywords
teaching, educational leadership, open access university
Mid-life Qualitative Research Teacher's Crisis: A Cry for (Pedagogical) Help
1049
Mid-life crisis is a transition of identity and self-confidence that can occur in middle-aged individuals, typically 45–64 years old. The phenomenon is described as a psychological crisis brought about by events that highlight a person's growing age, inevitable mortality, and possibly shortcomings of accomplishments in life (Wikipedia). This paper has been emerging for some time now. I am a full professor at an open access university, who, due to a large enrollment of doctoral students, reads papers, prospectuses, and proposals on a daily basis, many of which reference Wikipedia (and Merriam-Vebster) for research arguments. While my former go-to scholarly outlets rely heavily on French Theory and experimental forms of doing research and writing it up, my daily tasks feel much, much mundane. My paper will address teaching qualitative research in the institutional structures that are not necessarily set up to meet the needs of my students, still called non-traditional.
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