Finding a Home Abroad with 'Eveline': Using Narrative Inquiry to Establish a Sense of Place for a Western Teacher in a Foreign and Multicultural Context
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| Title: | Finding a Home Abroad with 'Eveline': Using Narrative Inquiry to Establish a Sense of Place for a Western Teacher in a Foreign and Multicultural Context |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Ferguson, Matthew Robert |
| Source: | Journal of Studies in International Education. Feb 2011 15(1):25-40. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2011 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Workers, College Faculty, Personal Narratives, Experience, Cultural Differences, Foreign Culture, English Literature, International Education, Multicultural Education, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | Thailand |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1028315309337928 |
| ISSN: | 1028-3153 |
| Abstract: | This is the exposition of a Western teacher working abroad in Thailand and his coming to terms with what it means to find a home and a sense of belonging while learning to teach in an unfamiliar land and culture. A foreign teacher finds himself isolated between feelings of perceived power (as an educated Westerner) and his all too real feelings of apprehension (as a cultural outsider in a Thai classroom) without feeling grounded in a unified place to call home. The author combines narrative inquiry along with theoretical formulations using the instrument of story to create a dynamic and sensuous space while at the same time proposing a more sophisticated multicultural approach to International Education. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 41 |
| Entry Date: | 2011 |
| Accession Number: | EJ910968 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This is the exposition of a Western teacher working abroad in Thailand and his coming to terms with what it means to find a home and a sense of belonging while learning to teach in an unfamiliar land and culture. A foreign teacher finds himself isolated between feelings of perceived power (as an educated Westerner) and his all too real feelings of apprehension (as a cultural outsider in a Thai classroom) without feeling grounded in a unified place to call home. The author combines narrative inquiry along with theoretical formulations using the instrument of story to create a dynamic and sensuous space while at the same time proposing a more sophisticated multicultural approach to International Education. |
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| ISSN: | 1028-3153 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1028315309337928 |
