What are you doing in this study: Autobiograhical narratives of a cross-cultural life

Betty Christine ENG

Research output: Contribution to conferencePapers

Abstract

This paper explores the autobiographical narratives of a cross-cultural life as a way of studying and understanding teacher’s identity and knowledge development. Crossing cultures and identities, the paper explores how experience is central to informing and shaping teacher knowledge. The experiences from the autobiographical narratives take place in the United States, China, and Hong Kong and move back and forth between East and West over a span of three generations. Positioned within an educational and curricular context, the research study explores the complexities of cross-cultural lives and their place in the curriculum. The inquiry explores what it means to live cross-cultural lives and how our personal experiential histories are integral to understanding an evolving and contested teacher knowledge.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2006
Event2006 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: Education Research in the Public Interest - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 07 Apr 200611 Apr 2006

Conference

Conference2006 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: Education Research in the Public Interest
Abbreviated titleAERA2006
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period07/04/0611/04/06

Citation

Eng, B. (2006, April). "What are you doing in this study": Autobiograhical narratives of a cross-cultural life. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: Education Research in the Public Interest, San Francisco, CA.

Keywords

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'What are you doing in this study: Autobiograhical narratives of a cross-cultural life'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.