Lived Experiences of Mothering and Teaching during the Pandemic
A Narrative Inquiry on College Faculty Mothers in the Philippines
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5936166 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alma Espartinez (0000-0002-4620-1305, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 24 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/socsci12010024 |
| OpenAlex | W4313361704 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 81 |
How do academic mothers navigate their embodied selves in a disembodied academic life? More particularly, how do mothers in Philippine Higher Education balance the demands of mothering and teaching during the pandemic? This qualitative study used a narrative inquiry approach involving in-depth interviews with academic mothers from various faculties and ranks at some Philippine Higher Education Institutions. This approach explored the complex and often contradictory discourses surrounding the tension between the polarizing models of the ideal caring mother and ideal academic, trying to excel in both roles during the pandemic. The research began with an overview by way of a literature review of the pre-pandemic mother academics. It then reflected on eight mother college professors who balanced their careers with childcare, some with adult care, as this pandemic amplified deeply ingrained traditional social norms that perpetuate social inequities. Finally, it concluded that the two domains-academy and family-remained inhospitable to professing mothers in the Philippines. This study proposed that care work should be valorized, work-family narratives normalized and mainstreamed, and public and educational policies that support mothering and teaching rethought
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Embodied cognition · Higher education · Ideal (ethics · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Pandemic · Pedagogy · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
Female Ambition
The pandemic and the female academic
Women in Academic Science
Challenges for the female academic during the Covid-19 pandemic
Is verbatim transcription of interview data always necessary?
From apprentice to colleague
Methodological rigour within a qualitative framework
Women, Work, and Family
Balancing Technology, Pedagogy and the New Normal
Radical Flexibility and Relationality as Responses to Education in Times of Crisis
Work-family conflict
Where are the women? Gender inequalities in Covid-19 research authorship
Parenting, privilege, and pandemic
Thematic analysis of qualitative data
Reclaiming eroticism in the academy
Parenting and Professing
Opting Out
Narrative Inquiry
Women’s and men’s work, housework and childcare, before and during Covid-19
Every Woman Has a Story to Tell
Work‐family culture in academia
Breadwinning and bread‐losing
The pandemic and the academic mothers
Gendered and classed performances of ‘good’ mother and academic in Greece
Exploring the Gender Perspective in English Language Teaching (ELT)
Quality of Work Life and Work–Life Balance
Catching a glimpse
(Un)doing gender in female breadwinner households
The Best Time is Now!’
Mothering with a career during a pandemic; the case of the Ghanaian woman
Women's Care/Career Changes as Connection and Resilience
A feminist perspective on Covid‐19 and the value of care work globally
The Never‐ending Shift
Privileged yet vulnerable
Women, know your limits
Ideal bodies at work
Working from home and income inequality
Pregnancy, Motherhood, and Academic Career Goals
Pandemic Motherhood and the Academy
Mothers and researchers in the making
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Naturalistic inquiry
Women in the Profession
Career Development and Progression of Early Career Academics in Political Science
Unequal effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on scientists
Emerging Community Pantries in the Philippines during the Pandemic
Investing ourselves
The still-moving position' of the 'working-class' feminist academic
The Pandemic Penalty
Stay-at-Home Fathers and Breadwinning Mothers
Normative Discrimination and the Motherhood Penalty
Working-Class Job Loss, Gender, and the Negotiation of Household Labor
Economic Dependence in Marriage and Husbands' Midlife Health
Bargaining Bonus or Breadwinning Burden? Wives' Relative Earnings, Childrearing, and Depression
What Does It Mean to Be a 'Breadwinner' Mother
Changing but Fragile
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |