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An autoethnographic exploration of my professional experiences as teacher trainer and principal at two international schools in Sri Lanka
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Wijayatilake, Claire (2012) An autoethnographic exploration of my professional experiences as teacher trainer and principal at two international schools in Sri Lanka. Language Teaching, Volume 45 (Number 03). pp. 403-405. doi:10.1017/S0261444812000122 ISSN 0261-4448.
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Abstract
My research represents an application of the method of autoethnography to the field of teacher education. According to one definition, autoethnography is ‘an autobiographical genre of writing and research that displays multiple layers of consciousness connecting the personal to the cultural’ (Ellis & Bochner 2000: 739). It is associated with the growing acceptance of the use of the self in research which is characteristic of the postmodern era (Muncey 2010: xii). One of its advantages is that it allows voices that are normally hidden to be heard, including those which are deviant in some way or differ from the official explanations given for a phenomenon (ibid.: 110). Any situation that involves human beings is complex, and the opportunities offered by autoethnography allow the researcher to engage productively with this complexity.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races L Education > LB Theory and practice of education |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | International schools -- Sri Lanka, Education -- Study and teaching -- Sri Lanka , Ethnology -- Sri Lanka, Teachers -- Training of -- Sri Lanka |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Language Teaching |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN: | 0261-4448 |
| Official Date: | July 2012 |
| Volume: | Volume 45 |
| Number: | Number 03 |
| Page Range: | pp. 403-405 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0261444812000122 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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