Okay, so this is the introduction, where I tell you that this chapter will focus on the way I used the (what do I mean by “the”, I really mean “my”) autobiographical novel in research about my own teaching practice as a primary school music teacher. Advantages and disadvantages of using the novel as a central component in this research will be discussed, with particular focus on research design, analysis of the text (novel!), and the use of fictionalization in the novel. Finally, I look to what McMahon (2000) describes as other artistic accounts of teaching, namely research about male teacher attrition presented as a short story.
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de Vries, P. (2008). I Wrote a Novel About My Teaching Life – So What?. In: Aubusson, P., Schuck, S. (eds) Teacher Learning and Development. Self Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4642-1_14
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