Supporting Collaborative Self-Study: An Exploration of Internal and External Critical Friendships

O’Dwyer, Anne-Marie; Bowles, Richard; Chróinín, Déirdre Ní

doi:10.1080/17425964.2019.1600494

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“…We adopted a critical, collaborative self-study methodology (O'Dwyer et al, 2019) to reflect on our experiences. Our collaboration aimed to understand the present through our past experiences, a research method that evolves from personal experiences (Tidwell et al, 2009).…”

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Shifting Gears: Lessons Learnt From Critical, Collaborative, Self-Reflection on Community-Based Research

Sousa

Hay

Raath

et al. 2021

Educ. res. soc. change.

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This article reflects the learning of five researchers in higher education in South Africa who took part in a participatory action research project to educate teachers how to integrate climate change issues into their teaching and learning. It was the first time any of the researchers had used participatory action research. We are all from natural science backgrounds and now involved in education for sustainable development. We had been trained in more traditional, objective, and researcher-driven methodologies grounded in a positivist paradigm. The purpose of this article is to share our learning about the changes we had to make in our thinking and practices to align with a participatory paradigm. We used reflective diaries to record our journey through the action research cycles. A thematic analysis of our diaries was supplemented by recorded discussions between the researchers. The analysis revealed that, while it was challenging to begin thinking in a different paradigm, we came to appreciate the value of the action research process that enabled teachers to integrate climate change issues into their teaching in a participatory way. We also concluded that we require more development to be able to conduct participatory research in a manner true to its values and principles. The conclusions we came to through our collaborative reflections may be of value to other researchers from similar scientific backgrounds who wish to learn what shifts in paradigm, methods, and processes are needed to be able to conduct community-based research in a participatory way.

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Shifting Gears: Lessons Learnt From Critical, Collaborative, Self-Reflection on Community-Based Research

Sousa

Hay

Raath

et al. 2021

Educ. res. soc. change.

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“…As coaching and coach learning are both individual and social processes, 34 the study incorporated a dual layer of critical friendship. 35 The first layer involved Richard and Anne being critical friends to each other; the second involved eight meetings with an external critical friend to provide an additional layer of criticality. The internal critical friend relationship ensured that the learning was more than individual self-reporting, and was interactive.…”

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“…37 The external critical friend was not involved in the coaching but had extensive experience in self-study research. She assisted the coaches to problematize their practice and recognise their learning, 35 helping them to guard against self-justification and bias in their shared reflections. 32 Collaborating within a shared reflective process…”

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“I’m valuing the journey as much as the destination”: Exploring shared reflection to support novice coach learning

O’Dwyer

Bowles

2021

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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This paper provides an insight into the trajectory of coach learning over two seasons through a shared reflective process. It describes how a collaborative process in a volunteer, amateur coach setting was supported and sustained. The coach-researchers had coached a university sports team together for two years prior to formalising the collaborative process. They adopted a collaborative self-study methodology to support and structure their reflective practice and learning throughout the study. Weekly individual and collaborative reflections were written by both coaches. They engaged with a critical friend to offer alternative perspectives on their reflections, and they planned their coaching strategies together. This paper illustrates the collaborative reflective process that supported the trajectory of the novice coach learning. This journey is represented using Fuller’s concern based model to map concern for self, concern for the task and concern for the learners. The reflective process and learning trajectory are outlined to exemplify the value of informal collaborative reflection to support coach learning. Implications are outlined for shared reflective practice to enhance learning opportunities for other coaching partners and small groups or in other educational domains.

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“…Their shared vision became apparent in 2016 through networking opportunities offered at international conferences. Since then, their collaboration has continued to evolve as they together have engaged in PAR study, presented at conferences, and later sought feedback on their work from the fourth author, Emma, who assumes the role of an external "critical friend" in this paper (O'Dwyer et al, 2019).…”

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“Tu lucha es mi lucha”: Teaching Spanish through an equity and social justice lens

Stefano

Almazán-Vázquez²,

Yepes-Amaya³

et al. 2021

Foreign Language Annals

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Supporting Collaborative Self-Study: An Exploration of Internal and External Critical Friendships

Cited by 34 publications

References 39 publications

Shifting Gears: Lessons Learnt From Critical, Collaborative, Self-Reflection on Community-Based Research

Shifting Gears: Lessons Learnt From Critical, Collaborative, Self-Reflection on Community-Based Research

“I’m valuing the journey as much as the destination”: Exploring shared reflection to support novice coach learning

“Tu lucha es mi lucha”: Teaching Spanish through an equity and social justice lens

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