Cultivating Self in the Context of Transformative Professional Development

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ID4308382
AuthorsA Susan Jurow (0000-0002-6755-5604, University of Colorado Boulder, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume60
Issue3
Pages277-290
Publication date2009-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Teacher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4871 • E-ISSN: 1552-7816
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022487109336895
OpenAlexW2170525257
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited23

In this study, the author combines insights from ethnography and discourse analysis to examine how a model of selfhood was cultivated through the social practices of a transformative professional development program for urban public school leaders. Participants were introduced to the notion of an inner self that is knowing, vulnerable, and connected to others through (a) the modeling of multiple ways of talking about an inner self, (b) ritual experience of self in relation to others, and (c) the connection of self to a natural order. Taken together, the author found that the social practices of the retreat aimed to reposition the school leaders to try on new ways of seeing themselves both personally and professionally. This study contributes to our nascent understandings of both the practices and potential of transformative professional development

Context (archaeology) · Ethnography · Pedagogy · Political science · Professional development · Relation (database) · Self · Social change · Sociology · Transformative learning · Adult and Continuing Education Topics · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Psychology · Social Psychology · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

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