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Work Of Heart: Myself As Both Teacher And Learner, Chaille M. Kitchen
Work Of Heart: Myself As Both Teacher And Learner, Chaille M. Kitchen
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
This autoethnographic paper explores my role as a teacher-learner. Who am I as a teacher? How has my past and present shaped me into the teacher that I am and want to become? To address these questions, I examine the cultural context into which I fit as a college instructor of English in a college community. I also examine my memories of my own mentors and students, which emphasize how my most valued learning experiences stemmed from mentors who have seen me as an individual, and when I see my own students as individuals. To explore the conditions that produce …