Methodological Inventiveness in Writing About Self-Study Research

Pithouse-Morgan, Kathleen; Samaras, Anastasia P.

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“…Tangible things can prompt us to reconsider our values, beliefs, and practices (Mitchell, 2011). Objects can embody abstract ideas (Turkle, 2009), assisting in understanding concepts such as identities and social cohesion (Pillay et al, 2021; Pithouse-Morgan et al, 2020).…”

Section: The Object Inquiry Research Symposiummentioning

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Different Together: A Poetic Reading of Arts-Inspired Creations as Embodied Explorations of Social Cohesion

Pillay

Pithouse-Morgan

Naicker

2023

Qualitative Inquiry

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We, a diverse group of South African academics, study embodied reflexivity through poetry, and this article is an account of poetic inquiry inspired by assemblages created by the participants in a symposium, Object Inquiry for Social Cohesion in Public Higher Education. As the symposium’s cofacilitators, we wondered how and what we might learn from reading the assemblages poetically as embodied explorations of social cohesion. We describe the symposium before demonstrating how we used poetry to represent, analyze, and synthesize our responses to the assemblages. Through the presentation of dialog pieces derived from our discussions, we articulate the collective growth and development of our understanding. Then, we share a final poem, which encapsulates our learning. Finally, we consider how this poetic study could help us and others in higher education seeking to understand and strengthen social cohesion and social justice.

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Section: The Object Inquiry Research Symposiummentioning

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“…Self-reflexivity in research, in our interpretation, refers to researchers turning back to question themselves (Pithouse-Morgan et al, 2020). This self-questioning is frequently absent from accounts of educational research, which appear to be disconnected from the researchers' lived experiences.…”

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Different Together: A Poetic Reading of Arts-Inspired Creations as Embodied Explorations of Social Cohesion

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Pithouse-Morgan

Naicker

2023

Qualitative Inquiry

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“…As self-study is a hybrid methodology, authors have long been open to using variety of methods in both their practice and their research on practice (LaBoskey, 2004b). Creative approaches are often used to enable inquiries, reimagine practice, and represent research artistically in articles and chapters (Weber & Mitchell, 2004;Pithouse-Morgan & Samaras, 2020). Such methodological inventiveness throughout the writing process is evident in the three chapters in this section.…”

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Writing as a Method for the Self-Study of Practice

2021

Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices

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“…Self-study researchers use varied, often multiple, methods (LaBoskey, 2004b;Samaras, 2011), and they frequently design creative approaches to enable their inquiries and reimagine their practice (Pithouse-Morgan & Samaras, 2020;Whitehead, 2004). This rich history of methodological inventiveness has been inspired by a wide array of knowledge fields including, among others, the literary arts (Galman, 2009;Hopper & Sanford, 2008), the performing arts (Meskin & Van Der Walt, 2014;Weber & Mitchell, 2002), and the visual arts (Weber & Mitchell, 2004;Samaras, 2010).…”

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Opening a Poetic Container: Educative Learning from a Painful Poetry Performance

Pithouse-Morgan

2020

Studying Teacher Education

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The catalyst for this self-study research was the performance of a sequence of poems at a colloquium for South African deans of education. The poems portray my interpretation of my students' stories of physically and emotionally painful experiences at the hands of their former teachers. My intention was to show how the creative possibilities of poetic language and poetic modes could enrich teacher education practice and research. However, while reading the poems, I was conscious of a palpable sense of distress building in the room. I began to wonder if I had made an awful mistake. Later, I questioned what I could or should have done differently, and, in this article, I offer an account of my efforts to learn from this painful poetry performance. I draw on the literary arts to combine vignette, poetry, and dialogue to inquire into my lived experience. Overall, the article demonstrates how extending my reflection through conversation with others allowed me to clearly see that my task as a teacher educator and educational researcher is not to avoid communicating heartbreaking stories in an emotionally powerful poetic format. Instead, it is to try to do so in emotionally supportive and educative ways. I offer my inquiry as an exemplar of how the literary arts can enrich teacher education practice and self-study research in creative ways to engage self-critically with social responsibilities.

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Methodological Inventiveness in Writing About Self-Study Research

Cited by 10 publications

References 53 publications

Different Together: A Poetic Reading of Arts-Inspired Creations as Embodied Explorations of Social Cohesion

Different Together: A Poetic Reading of Arts-Inspired Creations as Embodied Explorations of Social Cohesion

Writing as a Method for the Self-Study of Practice

Opening a Poetic Container: Educative Learning from a Painful Poetry Performance

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