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Lived Experience of Pedagogical Boomerang in Mathematics Teaching-Learning
- Source :
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Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn) . Feb 2021 15(1):104-118. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to explore the critical life-events of the first author's journey of learning and teaching mathematics that prompted critical thinking about his past experiences as a student and teacher. It portrays a paradigmatic shift from a traditionalist thinker to a constructivist actor in the classroom from the critical life-events within and out of classroom experiences by using autoethnography as the writing and research genre by connecting his personal experiences in the social, cultural, and teaching/learning contexts of Nepal. The major themes emerged from the autoethnography were--Thinking Narratively: Joining a School and Dropping Out; Thinking Narratively: Back to School and Dropping In; Thinking Interpretively: Dropping out of School; Thinking Poetically: Dropping in School; and Nightmare of the First Teaching: A Pedagogical Boomerang. These themes portrayed a pedagogical boomerang in learning and teaching mathematics from a remote village in Western Nepal to the neighborhood of the capital city Kathmandu.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2089-9823
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1299654
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research