Full Description
Learning and identity development are lifetime processes of becoming. The construction of self, of interest to scholars and practitioners in adult development and adult learning, is an ongoing process, with the self both forming and being formed by lived experience in privileged and oppressive contexts. Intersecting identities and the power dynamics within them shape how learners define themselves and others and how they make meaning of their experiences in the world. The series, I Am What I Become: Constructing Identities as Lifelong Learners, is an insightful and diverse collection of empirical research and narrative essays in identity development, adult development, and adult learning. The purpose of this series is to publish contributions that highlight the intimate and intricate connections between learning and identity. The series aims to assist our readers to understand and nurture adults who are always in the process of becoming. We hope to promote reflection and research at the intersection of identity and adult learning at any point across the adult lifespan. The rich array of qualitative research designs as well as autobiographic and narrative essays transform and expand our understanding of the lived experience of people both like us and unlike us, from the U.S. and beyond.
Narratives on Becoming: Identity and Lifelong Learning, Volume Three of the series, explores a myriad of ways that authors' personal and professional growth has influenced identity development. These chapters provide insights into the intersectional identities and learning of writers. Drawing from the multiple paths that comprise the journey of lifelong learning, these authors present powerful stories that identify the ways relationships, environments, culture, travel, and values shape their identities; use literacy, teaching, and learning as vehicles for experimenting with new identities, negotiate multiple identities, contexts, and transitions involved in becoming, and construct meaning. Through their narrative essays and ethnographic/autobiographical accounts, the authors in this volume illuminate the power of transformational learning during life-changing events and transitions.
Contents
Preface; Jo Ann Gammel, Sue L. Motulsky, Amy Rutstein-Riley, Emilie Clucas Leaderman, and Jennifer S. Jefferson.
Chapter 1. I Am the Warrior I Am Becoming Through Currere and Transformative Adult Learning; Susan R. Adams.
Chapter 2. Behind the Blackboard: Voices of Migrant Teachers; Maria Aurora C. Bernardo, Diana-Lea Baranovich, and Maria Khristina Manueli.
Chapter 3. Four Daughters, One Mother: Stories of Revising Identities; Gail Simpson Cahill.
Chapter 4. Negotiating the Transition from High School to College: Two Narrative Accounts; Patrick Flynn and Gabrielle Comeau.
Chapter 5. Confessions of a Transplanted Mind: Second Street Stories of Transgressing, Transforming, and Integrating; Allyson Eamer.
Chapter 6. The Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Urban Leadership: Four School Leaders (Re)constructing Self and Identity; Yesenia Fernandez, Kitty M. Fortner, Antonia Issa Lahera, and Anthony H. Normore.
Chapter 7. Why We Must Continue in the Journey: A Conversation Between Two Literacy Educators; Lorena Germán and R. Joseph Rodríguez.
Chapter 8. Can a Bad Apple Lose Its Rot? Sharon J. Hamilton.
Chapter 9. Narrative of a White Middle-Class Male Principal: An Apologia; James F. Lane, Jr.
Chapter 10. Walking (Backward): Giving Identity a Moving Place; Kate McCabe.
Chapter 11. Our Brief Shared Narrative: Identity Development in the Context of Our Shared Environment and Individual Experiences; Kathryn Medill and Anne Medill.
Chapter 12. Developing a Professional Identity Among Your Perceived Own: An African American Woman's Journey From Public School Educator to HBCU Professor; Denelle L. Wallace.
Chapter 13. Teaching as Becoming: A Relational Way of Working With Undergraduate Students; Zitong Wei.
Chapter 14. Transformative Learning as Teachers: The Narratives of Two Teachers Becoming Critical Pedagogues; Injeong Yoon and Benjamin Ramirez.
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