The Splintering Selves : A Reflective Journey in Educational Research

Al - Zouebi , Khadeegha

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The Splintering Selves : A Reflective Journey in Educational Research

Authors:

Al - Zouebi , Khadeegha

Publisher:

Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

International Journal of Excellence in Education 2011 Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.1-9

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2011

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

8376

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

19938675

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Abstract:

 This paper discusses researcher positionality during my reflective journey as a doctoralresearcher, where I studied the textual practices of Arabic women from a town in the north ofEngland. The study takes a social and ideological view of literacy, one that regards literacy as asocial practice occurring within ‘webs of people and institutions’ (Barton, Hamilton and Ivanic,2000:14). I explored the ways in which literacy and language practices are linked to the womens’lives, social worlds and to their narratives. I also used life history methods that draw fromfeminism, critical theory, post-modernism and post-colonialism to co-construct the informants’stories. The investigation models a research method that grows out of a feminist approach ofreframing power relationships, knowledge construction and individual experiences. The focus onnarrative inquiry as the process for this research was to enable the distinctive voices of thewomen to emerge from the research data and for their individual stories to be crafted.

Article Details

The Splintering Selves : A Reflective Journey in Educational Research

Authors:

Al - Zouebi , Khadeegha

Publisher:

Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

International Journal of Excellence in Education 2011 Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.1-9

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2011

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

8376

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

19938675

Descriptors:

EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

RESEARCH WORKERS

LITERACY

MULTILINGUALISM

Researcher

positionality

insider

outsider

social literacy practices

narrative research

NLS

ESOL

multilingual learners

digital literacies

Issues

Article Details

Authors: Al - Zouebi , Khadeegha

Publisher: Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University

Main Topics: Sociology and anthropology

Journal: International Journal of Excellence in Education 2011 Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.1-9

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2011

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 8376

Frequency: Bi-Annual

eISSN: 19938675

Descriptors:

Issues

Authors:

Al - Zouebi , Khadeegha

Publisher:

Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

International Journal of Excellence in Education 2011 Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.1-9

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2011

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

8376

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

19938675