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Insights From Academics Teaching International Students In Australia, Dawn Joseph Dr, Kay Hartwig Dr
Insights From Academics Teaching International Students In Australia, Dawn Joseph Dr, Kay Hartwig Dr
The Qualitative Report
Australia continues to be an attractive destination in the world for international students. For higher education institutions to remain globally competitive there is a need to deliver high quality teaching and learning programs and adequate support structures. This paper forms part of a wider study on improving work placement for international students, their mentors and other stakeholders at Deakin University (Australia) and adds to the body of knowledge on international students as seen through the eyes of academic staff. It explores the lived experiences of seven academics as they navigate what is required of them when teaching international students in …
Methods Of A Narrative Inquirist: Storying The Endured Teacher Identity, Taylor Norman
Methods Of A Narrative Inquirist: Storying The Endured Teacher Identity, Taylor Norman
The Qualitative Report
While I was a young English language arts teacher, my teacher identity matured in a nurturing environment cultivated by my veteran colleagues. Finding that this is not the common narrative told by beginning teachers (Alsup, 2019, 2006; Danielewicz, 2001), I wondered what impact sharing the stories of my veteran colleagues could have on young teachers. The purpose of this paper is to explain why narrative inquiry fit the parameters of this particular inquiry, what methods were utilized and how the project was constructed. Like Spector-Mersel (2011), I intend to describe my use of narrative inquiry to expand its conceptual and …
Emotional Landscapes Of Living, Learning, And Teaching: A Lens Within, From Learner To Teacher-Researcher, Marcela Gallardo, Maria Gindidis
Emotional Landscapes Of Living, Learning, And Teaching: A Lens Within, From Learner To Teacher-Researcher, Marcela Gallardo, Maria Gindidis
The Qualitative Report
This article explores experiences that have influenced my choices for becoming a teacher and then researcher. I used autoethnography as a research method to explore significant moments in my life during the years of both my primary and secondary education. The cumulative power of these life vignettes have been researched to understand the diverse emotional, complex and multilayered experiences of my formative years of childhood and how such emotions may have shaped my career choices and who I am at this very moment. This paper meticulously collected artifacts such as personal photos, newspapers, transcribed recordings of moments of intense emotions …