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Nov

3

New start… exciting

November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment

I have been feeling a bit isolated recently and have noticed a lack of interaction surrounding my research since the intensive month I experienced in Australia. It’s not that I haven’t been working. Choosing to write a journal article as a means of getting myself going has proved useful. I am still waiting for feedback [...]

Nov

5

Today I am a student… – more identity issues

November 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment

I have written often about my varied roles and identities, and usually I concentrate on the struggle to devote enough time and energy to each role. When I am Nikki the teacher, I am constantly troubled that I  am not devoting enough time and / or effort to my PhD and when I do grab the [...]

Apr

15

Feedback!

April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Yesterday afternoon I presented a narrative I wrote over the recent holidays to the group of doctoral students I joined. First I must say that because of the meeting I was forced to sit down and write and the result was a 2500 word narrative about the teacher stories written by the teachers participating in [...]

Feb

13

February 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment

A  few weeks ago I wrote about being invited to join a small group of PG students who meet monthly and last week I attended my first session. The group meets once a month, each time in a different home. A few days before the session, H emailed out materials she is dealing with at the moment [...]

Dec

24

Wandering down a new path

December 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment

  There is no such beautiful walkway anywhere around here, or at least I haven’t found it, but I have been invited to wander down a new and promising path. When I went to the lecture by Dr Clandinin in Jerusalem, I was asked for a lift  by a doctoral student who lives an hour or so [...]