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Sideline – Autoethnographic Analysis

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Autoethnography is a form of reflective practice that is particularly useful where the situation under consideration is confusing or provokes tension. This approach is about attempting to unpack and analyze tension (Crowhurst, 1999). Autoethnographic methods rest on a number of assumptions and I will very briefly outline some of the key ones here.

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  1. School of Education, RMIT University, Australia

    Michael Crowhurst

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Crowhurst, M. (2015). Sideline – Autoethnographic Analysis. In: Crowhurst, M. (eds) Beginning Teachers. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-073-4_12

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