A 2023 SPE Outstanding Book Award Winner Can transformation be the primary goal of autoethnographic research? In this book, the authors present a compelling case that this is indeed possible. Since autoethnography first appeared as a nascent approach to social inquiry, much has been written about it as a useful addition to the field of qualitative research methods. Over the years, its usage has been extended across various disciplines including the humanities, human services, social sciences, leadership studies, engineering, education, counseling, and even medical education. Notably, the primary function of autoethnography to advance our understanding around sociocultural phenomena has been increasingly paired with a parallel function of the many ways in which this research method can also contribute to practice. However, though its contribution to scholarship is well documented, less has been written about its practical usage as the focal point of inquiry. Yet there is growing evidence that one of the emerging strengths of autoethnography is its transformative capabilities. In Transformative Autoethnography for Practitioners, Hernandez, Chang and Bilgen turn the spotlight on autoethnography as a tool for practitioners where the primary goal is to solve real world problems by facilitating transformational change at the individual, group and/or organizational levels. They draw on existing scholarship as well as their collective work and expertise to provide a Transformative Autoethnographic Model (TAM) for use by practitioners who are intent on effecting such changes in their respective contexts. The book contains seven chapters. Chapters One through Three provide the theoretical grounding for a transformative autoethnography model. Chapter One begins with a broad overview of autoethnographic research and the unique characteristics of this method that makes it especially suited for effecting transformational learning. In chapters Two and Three, the authors provide a quick review of the literature relevant to individual autoethnography and collaborative autoethnography respectively. Each chapter discussion is centered around explicating the transformative elements of the method as well as how it is able to effect change at the individual, group, and organizational level. Chapters Four through Six focus on the praxis of transformative autoethnography. In Chapter Four, the transformative autoethnography model (TAM) is presented in detail and templates are provided for its application. Chapters Five and Six show the application of the TAM in a variety of settings. The book ends with a final chapter discussion on the continuing evolution of autoethnographic explorations, as well as future applications for the TAM model in a fast changing digital landscape. Perfect for courses such as: Research Methods in the Social Sciences | Qualitative Research Methods | Narrative Research | Advanced Qualitative Research Methods | Coaching and Consulting | Leading Change
This book was designed to present an overview of the geography of the continent of North America. It is divided into five sections to match the themes of the Geographic Education National Implementation Project (GENIP), an educational project backed by some of the nation's most prestigious geographers. Each section contains a selection of teaching pages, maps, activities, interesting facts, review questions, and puzzles or games. A plan for using the material to construct a geography centre is also included, as well as ideas for putting together a book as a culminating activity. You will also find a glossary of specialised vocabulary used by geographers. This will make it easier for your students to talk about the world in which they live.
“Lee’s novel explores what it means to be a part of something, whether it's a family or a culture...truly memorable.”—Booklist (starred review) When Hua Wu arrives in New York City, her life seems destined to resemble that of countless immigrants before her. She spends her hectic days in a restaurant in Chinatown, and her lonesome nights in a noisy, crowded tenement, yearning for those she left behind. But one day in a park in the West Village, Hua meets Jane Templeton and her daughter, Lily, a two-year-old adopted from China. Eager to expose Lily to the language and culture of her birth country, Jane hires Hua to be her nanny. Hua soon finds herself in a world far removed from the cramped streets of Chinatown or her grandmother’s home in Fuzhou. Jane, a museum curator of Asian art, and her husband, a theater critic, are cultured and successful. They pull Hua into their circle of family and friends until she is deeply attached to Lily and their way of life. But when cracks show in the family’s perfect façade, what will Hua do to protect the little girl who reminds her so much of her own past? A beautiful and revelatory novel, Happy Family is the promising debut of a perceptive and graceful writer.
“I suppose I did it because I wanted something to show for the thirty years—longer than I had lived in my homeland—that I had been here in America. Something that was properly appreciated, even if someone else got all the credit.” Liu Qingwu doesn’t set out to commit a crime. He only wants to sell a painting—something more substantial than the Impressionist knockoffs he flogs to tourists outside New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. But the lucrative commission he receives from a Chelsea art dealer is more complicated than he initially realizes. Liu has been hired to create not an homage to Andrew Cantrell’s modernist masterpiece, Elegy, but a forgery that will sell for millions. The painting will change the lives of everyone associated with it—Liu, a Chinese immigrant still reeling from his wife’s recent departure; Caroline, a gallery owner intent on saving her aunt’s legacy; Molly, her perceptive assistant; and Harold, a Taiwanese businessman with an ethical dilemma on his hands. Weaving together their stories with that of Cantrell and the inspiration for his masterpiece, Wendy Lee’s intricate, multilayered novel explores the unique fascination of great art and the lengths to which some are driven to create it—and to possess it.
Winner of the Garden Writers Association 2018 Silver Medal of Achievement Wendy Kiang-Spray’s family has strong culinary and gardening traditions. In The Chinese Kitchen Garden, she beautifully blends the story of her family’s cultural heritage with growing information for 38 Chinese vegetables—like lotus root, garlic, chives, and eggplant—and 25 traditional recipes like congee, dumplings, and bok choy stir-fry. Organized by season, you’ll learn what to grow in spring and what to cook in winter.
This literature unit is used with Call it Courage, by Armstrong Sperry. Included are sample lesson plans, biographical sketch of the author, book summary, book report ideas and more.
This book was designed to present an overview of the geography of the continent of Asia. It is divided into five sections to match the themes of the Geographic Education National Implementation Project (GENIP), an educational project backed by the nation's most prestigious geographers. Each section contains a selection of teaching pages, maps, activities, interesting facts, review questions, and puzzles or games. A plan for using the material to construct a geography centre is also included, as well as ideas for putting together a book as a culminating activity. You will also find a glossary of the specialised vocabulary used by geographers. This will make it easier for your students to talk about the world they live in.
This book was designed to present an overview of the geography of the continent of Antarctica. It is divided into five sections to match the themes of the Geographic Education National Implementation Project (GENIP), an educational project backed by the nation's most prestigious geographers. Each section contains a selection of teaching pages, maps, activities, interesting facts, review questions, and puzzles or games. A plan for using the material to construct a geography centre is also included, as well as ideas for putting together a book as a culminating activity. You will also find a glossary of the specialised vocabulary used by geographers. This will make it easier for your students to talk about the world they live in.
This book was designed to present an overview of the geography of the continent of South America. It is divided into five sections to match the themes of the Geographic Education National Implementation Project (GENIP), an educational project backed by the nation's most prestigious geographers. Each section contains a selection of teaching pages, maps, activities, interesting facts, review questions, and puzzles or games. A plan for using the material to construct a geography centre is also included, as well as ideas for putting together a book as a culminating activity. You will also find a glossary of the specialised vocabulary used by geographers. This will make it easier for your students to talk about the world in which they live.
A novel that captures the struggle of the immigrant experience explores one Chinese-American family's hidden history and unspoken hurts, and the universal themes of identity, family and finding a place to call home. Includes reading-group guide. Original.
This book was designed to present an overview of the geography of the continent of Europe. It is divided into five sections to match the themes of the Geographic Education National Implementation Project (GENIP), an educational project backed by the nation's most prestigious geographers. Each section contains a selection of teaching pages, maps, activities, interesting facts, review questions, and puzzles or games. A plan for using the material to construct a geography centre is also included, as well as ideas for putting together a book as a culminating activity. You will also find a glossary of the specialised vocabulary used by geographers. This will make it easier for your students to talk about the world they live in.
This book was designed to present an overview of the geography of the continent of Australia. It is divided into five sections to match the themes of the Geographic Education National Implementation Project (GENIP), an educational project backed by the nation's most prestigious geographers. Each section contains a selection of teaching pages, maps, activities, interesting facts, review questions, and puzzles or games. A plan for using the material to construct a geography centre is also included, as well as ideas for putting together a book as a culminating activity. You will also find a glossary of the specialised vocabulary used by geographers. This will make it easier for your students to talk about the world they live in.
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