Disrupting relationships: A catalyst for growth

V Stieha, M Raider-Roth - Disrupting Pedagogies in the Knowledge …, 2012 - igi-global.com
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Can the disruption of teachers' relationships with themselves, as both teachers and learners,
be a source for professional growth? In this chapter the authors explore teachers'
professional development experiences as a source for disrupting relationships with the “self-
as-teacher” and “self-as-learner” and the way this process can facilitate innovative changes
in their teaching practices. While some may view “disrupting relationships” as a negative
move, the chapter will frame a view of such relational ruptures with subsequent repair as …
Abstract
Can the disruption of teachers’ relationships with themselves, as both teachers and learners, be a source for professional growth? In this chapter the authors explore teachers’ professional development experiences as a source for disrupting relationships with the “self-as-teacher” and “self-as-learner” and the way this process can facilitate innovative changes in their teaching practices. While some may view “disrupting relationships” as a negative move, the chapter will frame a view of such relational ruptures with subsequent repair as potentially growth fostering. In contrast to a view that sees disrupting relationships as a negative move, this work provides a view of reconciliation and repair as one that propels the individual forward–a move that is steeped in learning about self and about other. Developmentally, the authors understand the sense of disconnection, or rupture, as an essential “evolutionary” step as individuals continue to move beyond their mental and emotional boundaries increasing growth and learning (Kegan, 1982, 1994). In seeking to understand the teachers’ experiences, this work provides an intimate and descriptive picture of the negotiations participants made during and after an extended professional development seminar vis-à-vis their learning and teaching practice. In doing so, the authors make visible the complicated processes involved as teachers question conventional practices and invite innovation into their classrooms.
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