Just Who Do We Think We Are?: Methodologies for Autobiography and Self-Study in Teaching

by Claudia Mitchell

Drawing upon diverse and specific examples of self-study, described here by the practitioners themselves, this unique book formulates a methodological framework for self-study in education.

This collection brings together a diverse and international range of self-studies carried out in teacher education, each of which has a different perspective to offer on issues of method and methodology, including:

* memory work
•fictional practice
•collaborative autobiography
•auto-ethnography
•phenomenology
•image-based approaches.

Such ethical issues likely to arise from self-study as informed consent, self-disclosure and crises of representation are also explored with depth and clarity.

As method takes centre stage in educational and social scientific research, and self-study becomes a key tool for research, training, practice and professional development in education, Just Who Do We Think We Are? provides an invaluable resource for anyone undertaking this form of practitioner research.

264 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Rozana AlBanawi · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read in autoethnography, qualitative research and personal narrative as a form of self study. Two of my favorite professors, Anastasia Kamanos (Canada) & Max Biddulph (UK), whom reside and work in different continents, are contributing writers & researchers.