Seeming, being and becoming: lifelong learning and teacher transformation
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Seeming, being and becoming: lifelong learning and teacher transformation |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 1417 |
Book Title | Weaving words: personal and professional transformation through writing as research |
Authors | |
Author | Danaher, P. A. |
Editors | Jones, Janice K. |
Page Range | 221-235 |
Chapter Number | 12 |
Number of Pages | 15 |
Year | 2014 |
Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Place of Publication | Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9781443854528 |
Abstract | Education exhibits light and shade, substance and illusion, hope and despair, reflection and anticipation. Education demonstrates the recurring ambivalence and uncertainty at its centre by creating new and powerful opportunities for some learners and their teachers and by helping to perpetuate others' marginalisation. For some, personal growth is accompanied by collective affirmation and the experience of being and becoming; for others, appearance is all and the potential associated with seeming is not translated into a lasting reality. This chapter presents a dialogue with the students' works about the theme of 'seeming, being and becoming' by linking their respective concerns and the convergences and divergences among those concerns with selected contemporary educational scholarship. In particular, the chapter examines education research that highlights the intersections and contradictions between lifelong learning and teacher transformation, which function as distilled encapsulations of the students' writing. The proposition is propounded that learners' and educators' woven words can be very powerful in promoting these enduringly sought aspirations. At the same time, seeming, being and becoming can readily turn into unattainable chimera and evanescent glimpses of other worlds that can leave learners and their teachers feeling dissatisfied and incomplete. |
Keywords | learning; goals; literature; creative writing; student teachers |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators |
360201. Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting) | |
390202. History and philosophy of education | |
Public Notes | © 2014 Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Accepted version deposited in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
Byline Affiliations | Capacity-Building Research Network Faculty Research Centre |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q22z3/seeming-being-and-becoming-lifelong-learning-and-teacher-transformation
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