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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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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| spelling | doaj-art-3fb27295ca0741cd87b6fc32c202c90b2025-02-03T03:18:03ZengLiverpool John Moores UniversityPRISM2514-53472023-03-0151Hard Graft: Collaborative exploration of working class stories in shaping female educator identitiesEmma Elizabeth Gillaspy0Fiona Routh1Amy Edwards-Smith2Samantha Pywell3Alison Luckett4Sheena Cottam5Sabina Gerrard6Faculty of Health and Care, University of Central Lancashire, UKSchool of Social Work, Care and Community, University of Central Lancashire, UKSchool of Community Health & Midwifery, University of Central Lancashire, UKSchool of Sport & Health Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, UKSchool of Nursing, University of Central Lancashire, UKSchool of Nursing, University of Central Lancashire, UKSchool of Nursing, University of Central Lancashire, UK 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. https://openjournals.ljmu.ac.uk/prism/article/view/459Working classcollaborative autoethnographyfemaleHigher Education |
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| title | Hard Graft: Collaborative exploration of working class stories in shaping female educator identities |
| title_full | Hard Graft: Collaborative exploration of working class stories in shaping female educator identities |
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