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The diagram in figure 15 has been drawn <strong>to</strong> represent pic<strong>to</strong>rially a d<strong>is</strong>tillation of Gutierrez’sanalytical <strong>to</strong>ol. As was seen in section 2.4, th<strong>is</strong> <strong>to</strong>ol has been adopted or adapted for use in avariety of situations w<strong>here</strong> change was necessary pas<strong>to</strong>rally (e.g. South America, South Africa).Self-evidently I am neither oppressed, marginal<strong>is</strong>ed or excluded. A relevant critic<strong>is</strong>m of th<strong>is</strong>method might be t<strong>here</strong>fore that <strong>to</strong> adopt it <strong>is</strong> patron<strong>is</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> inappropriate. I would contend,however, that it <strong>is</strong> made relevant for the structure it brings <strong>to</strong> reflection on specific context(s).These were essentially contexts of 'unknowing', in the sense in which Ryle intended it (seechapter 2). Liberation, in my case, through a dynamic cyclical reflexive process was fromignorance. That the reflections led <strong>to</strong> action, start <strong>to</strong> warrant my beliefs - the classical theory ofknowledge - about how I came <strong>to</strong> know new things:"We are interested in knowledge, according <strong>to</strong> th<strong>is</strong> theory, because we are interested in thetruths of our beliefs; <strong>and</strong> the search for knowledge <strong>is</strong> the search for justifications whichguarantee that truth." (Scru<strong>to</strong>n, 2004 p. 318)The au<strong>to</strong>/biographic method I use <strong>here</strong> has been put <strong>to</strong>gether as an explicit attempt <strong>to</strong> search forjustifications for the beliefs about the 'what' of au<strong>to</strong>/pedagogy. Th<strong>is</strong> necessitates a structure forthe reflexive process which <strong>take</strong>s account of aspects of the circle.The following table sets out my key for each of the components in the diagram, demonstratinghow they might be used <strong>by</strong> those participa<strong>to</strong>ry analysts looking at their own setting. Oncecomplete, I intend <strong>to</strong> develop th<strong>is</strong> for the present study before applying it <strong>to</strong> each of the five subcasestudies. Please note <strong>here</strong> terminology I was using at a much earlier stage of the study -from th<strong>is</strong> point on I drop the term sub-case studies <strong>and</strong> refer only <strong>to</strong> illustrative moments (IMs).157Simon Hughes Ph.D. Thes<strong>is</strong> (Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 2012)

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