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Musings Yesterday and Knowledge Tomorrow

Beyond Reflexive Accounts of Research Encounters

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What is Next in Educational Research?

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This quotation from one of my supervisors caught my attention as I started writing my Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) proposal. Like her, I found myself wanting to pursue my PhD emerging from my personal experiences. I took my question about my identity as a Filipino person who grew up and was educated in Hong Kong as a route to my current project.

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  1. University of Tasmania, Australia

    Si Fan

  2. University of Tasmania, Australia

    Jill Fielding-Wells

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Gube, J. (2016). Musings Yesterday and Knowledge Tomorrow. In: Fan, S., Fielding-Wells, J. (eds) What is Next in Educational Research?. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-524-1_2

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