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Download full textChen, Lei – Dialogic Pedagogy, 2018
In this memoir, I accounted several episodes of my childhood of a middle class family in early 1990s in a Chinese urban city. Two major discourses permeated my account: the nationalism and socialism discourse and the upward social mobility discourse. While my family and I cherish the comfort and joy of everyday life enjoyed in the era of…
Descriptors: Ideology, Nationalism, Social Systems, Foreign Countries
Direct linkLiu, Wei – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2014
Learning a second language involves the development of an identity in the target language. This study is an autobiographical narrative inquiry into the issue of identity in a foreign language. Autobiographical accounts of my relationship with, and my feelings about, English at different stages in my learning journey are developed to show how my…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Personal Narratives, Asians
Ma, Min; Zi, Fei – International Education Studies, 2015
This manuscript aims to explore and delineate the common characteristics of college students with perfectionism, to promote an in-depth understanding of dynamic personality development of perfectionists from the views of life story model proposed by McAdams (1985). The researchers adopted a narrative qualitative research method. The life stories…
Descriptors: Asians, Qualitative Research, College Students, Student Characteristics
Osler, Audrey; Zhu, Juanjuan – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2011
Throughout history individual and collective narratives have been used in struggles for justice. We draw on Sen's theory of justice to examine the potential of narratives in teaching and researching for social justice. Human rights are presented as powerful ethical claims that can be critically examined by learners to consider their rights and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Biographies, Foreign Countries, Civil Rights
Shan, Hongxia – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: The paper aims to explore the emotion learning experiences of some Chinese immigrants in Canadian engineering workplaces. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on life history style interviews with 14 Chinese immigrant engineers and 14 key informant interviews. Findings: Research respondents constructed a competitive, masculine,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Asians, Work Environment
Zhao, Hongqin – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2008
Teacher motivation has been found to be a critical predictor of teachers' work commitment, identity and performance, yet has received insufficient attention in educational policymaking. In this article the reasons for people becoming teachers of English as a foreign language in China, reflect both social and psychological factors. This…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Teacher Motivation, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers
