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- Title
Analyzing Flying Chameleons: Using Autoethnography to Explore Change in the Female Educator.
- Authors
Pourreau, Leslie
- Abstract
What is a chameleon in the world of education? What defines her professionally, personally, and why? In this autoethnography, I explore the chameleon metaphor for meanings and implications in my personal and professional identity as a female educator by seeking answers to questions stemming from Mitchell and Weber (2005): Just who do I think I am? Just who do I think I am? Just who do I think I am? Just who do I think I am? I analyzed my own autobiographical journals using the four-part Listening Guide (Gilligan, Spencer, Weinberg, & Bertsch, 2003) coupled with theme-based family coding to examine changes by choice and changes by force particular to my personal and professional experiences. Notions of home, belonging, and change as a journey emerged as themes that served to frame my identity and highlighted the importance of self-inquiry for educators as an applied practice within the greater context of the profession.
- Subjects
AUTOETHNOGRAPHY; WOMEN educators; CHAMELEONS; PROFESSIONALISM; PROFESSIONAL identity; SELF
- Publication
Qualitative Report, 2014, Vol 19, Issue 51, p1
- ISSN
1052-0147
- Publication type
Article