This is a study of care in the lives of six women elementary school teachers. It expands and challenges some of the dominant constructs of care found in the literature that often underplay the dynamic of context, gendered identity and power in the making of caring pedagogies…
Contents
CHAPTER ONE: THE STUDY
Goals of the Study
Who am I?
Narrative Inquiry as Phenomenological Tradition
The Six Women
Summary
CHAPTER TWO: CONVERSATIONS IN LITERATURE
Caring Professionals
Critical Feminist Contributions
Contradictions in Care
Teacher Identity Development
Care in the Lives of Teachers
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
Narrative Inquiry as Method
Research Context
Studying the Familiar
Methods of Data Collection
Analysis: Interpreting Meaning and Significance
Issues of Validity and Generalization
Research for Whom?
CHAPTER FOUR: CARING AS WOMEN
Elizabeth Braslav
Mary Ackerman
Ella Mitchell
Ava Tsadik
Sarah Rodriguez
Kathy Dressler
Discussion
Summary
CHAPTER FIVE: CARING AS TEACHERS
Elizabeth Braslav
Mary Ackerman
Ella Mitchell
Ava Tsadik
Sarah Rodriguez
Kathy Dressler
Discussion
Summary
CHAPTER SIX: CARING IN CONTEXT
CHAPTER SEVEN: CARE IN THE LIVES OF WOMEN TEACHERS
APPENDICES
REFERENCES
Author: James, Jennifer Hauver
Source: University of Maryland