Autoethnography as a Research Method to Examine Women's ELT Leadership Development in Transnational Spaces: Opening

• In Event: Autoethnography as a Research Method to Examine Women's English Language Teaching (ELT) Leadership Development in Transnational Spaces

Abstract

This Working Group Roundtable offers substantive interaction, based on individual commentaries. This first Opening paper frames the ensuing conversation. This first Opening paper provides an overview of autoethnography as a research method, what it is, what it is not, and how it has been applied to different educational fields. Further, the Opening paper frames the theme of the Working Group and the major question to be addressed: What is the applicability of autoethnography as a research method for understanding women’s leadership development in transnational spaces within English Language Teaching (ELT)?

This Opening paper outlines the major contributions of each upcoming Commentary paper: to briefly explain why they selected autoethnography for their inquiry, to share their experience writing collaborative and/or individual autoethnographies, their questions, methodological approaches, challenges, and conclusions, specifically using autoethnography to uncover how they negotiate leadership identities and practices, while living and working within plurilingual and pluricultural spaces. Finally, this Opening paper points the way for attendees to consider the implications for transnational ELT women leaders using autoethnography.

Author

• Doaa Rashed, Rutgers University