Hard Graft: Collaborative exploration of working class stories in shaping female educator identities
This empirical qualitative study investigates the ways in which working-class roots have shaped educator values and identity. Using collaborative autoethnography, we share an honest insight into the stories of seven female educators drawn together from a variety of health and social care discipline...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Liverpool John Moores University
2023-03-01
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| Series: | PRISM |
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| Online Access: | https://openjournals.ljmu.ac.uk/prism/article/view/459 |
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| Summary: | This empirical qualitative study investigates the ways in which working-class roots have shaped educator values and identity. Using collaborative autoethnography, we share an honest insight into the stories of seven female educators drawn together from a variety of health and social care disciplines. The five themes emerging from this research: Connection through differences and commonalities; graft; inner tensions; authenticity ‘I am who I am’ and the bigger picture are tightly interconnected, generating a complex and rich picture of contemporary female educator identity. This supportive and collaborative approach has been transformational in the realisation we are not alone, and it has provided a space to celebrate our ‘otherness’. As a result, we have embraced our collective responsibility to challenge inequalities and foster a more open, accessible and authentic HE future for all.
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| ISSN: | 2514-5347 |