Investigating Critical Friendship: Peeling Back the Layers
(2019) In Studying Teacher Education p.19-30- Abstract
- This self-study documents two teacher educators’ professional inquiry into the notions of critical friendship. Specifically, we asked: How does our interactive inquiry on the topic of critical friendship lead us to new understandings of critical friends? Three theoretical perspectives framed this study – More Knowledgeable Others, Thought Collective, and reflection. Data sources included (a) artifacts from the self-study scholarship/literature, (b) written and real-time (audio recorded) dialogue, and (c) critical friend response memos. We systematically analyzed our data, linking the initial themes to our theoretical frame. These themes led to three findings about critical friendship: flexible definitions, complex characteristics, and... (More)
- This self-study documents two teacher educators’ professional inquiry into the notions of critical friendship. Specifically, we asked: How does our interactive inquiry on the topic of critical friendship lead us to new understandings of critical friends? Three theoretical perspectives framed this study – More Knowledgeable Others, Thought Collective, and reflection. Data sources included (a) artifacts from the self-study scholarship/literature, (b) written and real-time (audio recorded) dialogue, and (c) critical friend response memos. We systematically analyzed our data, linking the initial themes to our theoretical frame. These themes led to three findings about critical friendship: flexible definitions, complex characteristics, and multiple learning phases. Based on these findings, we created two research tools useful for researchers enacting critical friendship – the Critical Friend Definition Continuum and the Critical Friend Guide for Quality Assurance. Ultimately, we assert that we, along with our colleagues, must be responsible brokers of critical friendship by explicitly explaining our purposes, definitions and uses of critical friendship within our work as self-study researchers. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- This self-study documents two teacher educators’ professional
inquiry into the notions of critical friendship. Specifically, we asked:
How does our interactive inquiry on the topic of critical friendship
lead us to new understandings of critical friends? Three theoretical
perspectives framed this study – More Knowledgeable Others,
Thought Collective, and reflection. Data sources included (a) artifacts
from the self-study scholarship/literature, (b) written and real-time
(audio recorded) dialogue, and (c) critical friend response memos.We
systematically analyzed our data, linking the initial themes to our
theoretical frame. These themes led to three findings about critical
friendship: flexible... (More) - This self-study documents two teacher educators’ professional
inquiry into the notions of critical friendship. Specifically, we asked:
How does our interactive inquiry on the topic of critical friendship
lead us to new understandings of critical friends? Three theoretical
perspectives framed this study – More Knowledgeable Others,
Thought Collective, and reflection. Data sources included (a) artifacts
from the self-study scholarship/literature, (b) written and real-time
(audio recorded) dialogue, and (c) critical friend response memos.We
systematically analyzed our data, linking the initial themes to our
theoretical frame. These themes led to three findings about critical
friendship: flexible definitions, complex characteristics, and multiple
learning phases. Based on these findings, we created two research
tools useful for researchers enacting critical friendship – the Critical
Friend Definition Continuum and the Critical Friend Guide for Quality
Assurance. Ultimately, we assert that we, along with our colleagues,
must be responsible brokers of critical friendship by explicitly
explaining our purposes, definitions and uses of critical friendship
within our work as self-study researchers. (Less)
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- author
- Petroelje Stolle, Elizabeth ; Frambaugh-Kritzer, Charlotte ; Freese, Anne and Persson, Anders LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2019-02-16
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- critical friendship, reflection, collective thought, self-study methods, educational sciences, utbildningsvetenskap, Critical friendship, reflection, collective thought, self-study methods
- in
- Studying Teacher Education
- pages
- 12 pages
- publisher
- Routledge
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85062409750
- ISSN
- 1742-5972
- DOI
- 10.1080/17425964.2019.1580010
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 80442dee-a5f2-4a1f-ab85-67e7023c1626
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- 2019-02-17 16:43:01
- date last changed
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abstract = {{This self-study documents two teacher educators’ professional inquiry into the notions of critical friendship. Specifically, we asked: How does our interactive inquiry on the topic of critical friendship lead us to new understandings of critical friends? Three theoretical perspectives framed this study – More Knowledgeable Others, Thought Collective, and reflection. Data sources included (a) artifacts from the self-study scholarship/literature, (b) written and real-time (audio recorded) dialogue, and (c) critical friend response memos. We systematically analyzed our data, linking the initial themes to our theoretical frame. These themes led to three findings about critical friendship: flexible definitions, complex characteristics, and multiple learning phases. Based on these findings, we created two research tools useful for researchers enacting critical friendship – the Critical Friend Definition Continuum and the Critical Friend Guide for Quality Assurance. Ultimately, we assert that we, along with our colleagues, must be responsible brokers of critical friendship by explicitly explaining our purposes, definitions and uses of critical friendship within our work as self-study researchers.}},
author = {{Petroelje Stolle, Elizabeth and Frambaugh-Kritzer, Charlotte and Freese, Anne and Persson, Anders}},
issn = {{1742-5972}},
keywords = {{critical friendship; reflection; collective thought; self-study methods; educational sciences; utbildningsvetenskap; Critical friendship; reflection; collective thought; self-study methods}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{02}},
pages = {{19--30}},
publisher = {{Routledge}},
series = {{Studying Teacher Education}},
title = {{Investigating Critical Friendship: Peeling Back the Layers}},
url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/58043511/Investigating_Critical_Friendship.pdf}},
doi = {{10.1080/17425964.2019.1580010}},
year = {{2019}},
}