Auto/Biography and Auto/Ethnography: Praxis of Research Method (Bold Visions in Educational Research, 2)

Roth, Wolff-Michael

ISBN 10: 9077874046 / ISBN 13: 9789077874042

Published by Brill, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Auto/Biography and Auto/Ethnography: Praxis of Research Method (Bold Visions in Educational Research, 2)
• Publisher: Brill
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9077874046
• ISBN 13: 9789077874042
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In a number of academic disciplines, auto/biography and auto/ethnography have become central means of critiquing of the ways in which research represents individuals and their cultures. Auto/biography and auto/ethnography are genres that blend ethnographic interests with life writing and they tell about a culture at the same time they tell about an individual life. This book presents educational researchers, in exemplary form, the possibilities and constraints of both auto/biography and auto/ethnography as methods of doing educational research. The contributors to this volume explore, by means of examples, auto/biography and auto/ethnography as means for critical analysis and as tool kit for the different stakeholders in education. The four thematic sections deal with: a. different possible uses and constraints of the two methods b. understanding teaching and teaching to learn c. institutional critiques d. experiences and trajectories as evidence of a sociology of everyday life. The book was written to be used by upper undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in research design; because of its practical approach, it is highly suitable for those contexts where research methods courses do not exist. The audience also includes professors, who want to have a reference on design and methodology, and those who have not yet had the opportunity to employ a particular method.