Artículos de revistas
Biographical connections: Experiences as sources of legitimate knowledge in qualitative research
Fecha
2000-01-01Registro en:
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, v. 13, n. 3, p. 251-262, 2000.
1366-5898
0951-8398
10.1080/09518390050019668
2-s2.0-85008834230
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Institución
Resumen
In the narrative that follows, the author establishes biographical connections between a few marker events of his life history and the research topic he set himself to explore: teachers' critical awareness of language. By using a bricolage of qualitative research methods (narrative inquiry, hermeneutic phenomenology, heuristic research and arts-based research), the narrator illustrates the use of experiences as sources of legitimate knowledge in the research process. A composite portrait - a synthesis of the essential descriptions and meaningful interpretations of his experiences - is, then, presented in the form of a poem that illustrates a process of personal and professional growth and of becoming increasingly and critically aware of the construction of a teacher-self. © 2000, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.