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My first pass of each IM against the framework, becomes, a@t 2 under this method.Sequentially, therefore, re-visiting each IM in the context of the theory produces an equationa@t 3 . In one sense this could be described as a ‘learning chronology’ for the study which couldbe argued to be important given the historical distance between the first and last IMs. Supportfor such codification comes again from Polanyi's work:"Supposing we observed the motion of the planet from the earth, it would suffice to knowits longitude (l 0 ), in order to compute any pair of longitudes (l) and elevation (e) for anyother time(t)." (Polanyi, 1962 p. 19)Moreover, application of these two analytical tools in a systematic and consistent manner willprovide considerable rigour to the study through the act of consciously differentiating betweenfirst hand accounts of events and structured reflection on them, with all the potential challengesof distorted memory or perception as alluded to in the work of Solowski (2000).The point is that the IMs at a@t 0 or a@t 1 , felt significant, but their full meaning, in myautobiography, may only be realized in this self-conscious act of reflecting on themsystematically."Sources for reflection can therefore come from any experience we have had, and we canlearn from things that have gone well just as effectively as from negative experiences. Infact, the reason that we tend to dwell on things that go wrong is that for most of the timeeverything in our lives goes well, and we take this for granted!" (Jasper, 2003 p. 14)So, it is my intention to approach the IMs using a self-reflective method, where I begin toexamine the impact of these events on my professional development and identity. l believe thisto be consistent with the dialogical-hermeneutic method of theologians of liberation (Gutierrez1970, etc) and redolent of Schön’s (1984) work. There are two important aspects of this activity.The first is the holding up to self of a mirror, in order to look at the transformative impact ofexperience(s). The second is the impetus for action that arises from a critical appraisal ofcircumstance (Gramsci, 1971). At a theoretical level, one of the ever-present factors that causedme to select the five IMs, was the ‘imperative to action’ therein. Gramsci (1971) and others175Simon Hughes Ph.D. Thesis (October 2012)