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I consider myself an educational phenomenologist, always asking questions that generate meaning in life‘s experiences. As I begin to write this biographical narrative, I find myself asking once again, if there are themes that run throughout my life as a male in the lives of young children. Immediately, what comes up for me is my becoming, being and unbecoming (Sumsion, 2002) in life’s experiences as an early childhood educator. Sumsion (2002) suggests that this metaphor constitutes a journey, “[t]hroughout one’s journey, one both shapes and is shaped by the landscapes through which one travels” (p. 3). I definitely travel through educational periods of becoming, being and unbecoming and find my way into deeply rich and meaning life experiences.
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Parnell, W. (2011). Becoming, Being and Unbecoming an Educator in Early Childhood Education. In: Watson, L.W., Woods, C.S. (eds) Go Where You Belong. Transgressions:Cultural Studies and Education, vol 67. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-406-5_1
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