All Outputs (9)

Self-Study as a Movement and Methodology for Inside-Out Educational Change: Foundations, Characteristics, and Exemplars (2024)
Book Chapter
Pithouse-Morgan, K., Kortjass, M., & Mkhize-Mthembu, N. (in press). Self-Study as a Movement and Methodology for Inside-Out Educational Change: Foundations, Characteristics, and Exemplars. In The BERA-SAGE International Handbook of Research-Informed Education Policy and Practice (1-19). London: SAGE Publications

This chapter traces the evolution of the self-study research field since the 1990s, highlighting it as a growing force for change among education practitioners and scholars. It examines the historical backdrop of the field and identifies a set of eig... Read More about Self-Study as a Movement and Methodology for Inside-Out Educational Change: Foundations, Characteristics, and Exemplars.

Rethinking qualitative data analysis in a co-creative experimental approach (2023)
Book Chapter
Pithouse-Morgan, K., & Samaras, A. P. (2023). Rethinking qualitative data analysis in a co-creative experimental approach. In J. DeHart, & P. Hash (Eds.), Arts-Based Research Across Textual Media in Education (12-27). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003294597-2

We are self-study research methodologists and teacher educators working across continents to enhance and broaden professional learning, knowledge, and practice. By witnessing and researching the value of multiple voices and stories interacting for pr... Read More about Rethinking qualitative data analysis in a co-creative experimental approach.

Polyvocal Poetic Play Through Self-study Research: Challenging the Status Quo to Improve Professional Practice (2023)
Book Chapter
Pithouse-Morgan, K., & Samaras, A. P. (2023). Polyvocal Poetic Play Through Self-study Research: Challenging the Status Quo to Improve Professional Practice. In H. Mreiwed, M. R. Carter, S. Hashem, & C. H. Blake-Amarante (Eds.), Making Connections in and Through Arts-Based Educational Research (227-239). Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8028-2_17

In self-study research, numerous approaches are used, including collaboratively creative poetic inquiry. In this chapter, two teacher educators and self-study scholars consider how their polyvocal poetic play has helped challenge the status quo of me... Read More about Polyvocal Poetic Play Through Self-study Research: Challenging the Status Quo to Improve Professional Practice.

“Risky, rich co-creativity”: Weaving a tapestry of polyvocal collective creativity in collaborative self-study (2022)
Book Chapter
Pithouse-Morgan, K., & Samaras, A. P. (2022). “Risky, rich co-creativity”: Weaving a tapestry of polyvocal collective creativity in collaborative self-study. In B. M. Butler, & S. M. Bullock (Eds.), Learning through collaboration in self-study: critical friendship, collaborative self-study, and self-study communities of practice (203-217). Springer (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2681-4_15

We are teacher educators who facilitate transdisciplinary self-study research in our home countries of South Africa and the United States of America. We have worked individually and with others to guide communities of university educators and graduat... Read More about “Risky, rich co-creativity”: Weaving a tapestry of polyvocal collective creativity in collaborative self-study.

Polyvocal Poetic Play with Dialogue: Co-creativity in Self-Study Writing (2021)
Book Chapter
Pithouse-Morgan, K., & Samaras, A. P. (2021). Polyvocal Poetic Play with Dialogue: Co-creativity in Self-Study Writing. In J. Kitchen (Ed.), Writing as a Method for the Self-Study of Practice (137-154). Springer (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2498-8_8

We are teacher educators who facilitate and participate in transdisciplinary self-study research communities in our respective home countries of South Africa and the United States of America. Our comparable experiences first brought us together in 20... Read More about Polyvocal Poetic Play with Dialogue: Co-creativity in Self-Study Writing.

Being and becoming human in higher education: A co-autoethnographic inquiry (2021)
Book Chapter
Pithouse-Morgan, K., Pillay, D., & Naicker, I. (2021). Being and becoming human in higher education: A co-autoethnographic inquiry. In E. Lyle (Ed.), Re/humanizing education (31-42). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004507593_004

We are South African academics in teacher development studies and educational leadership and management. In this chapter, we inquire, what have we learned through our autoethnographic explorations for re/humanizing learning and teaching, academic sel... Read More about Being and becoming human in higher education: A co-autoethnographic inquiry.

Autoethnography as/in higher education (2021)
Book Chapter
Pithouse-Morgan, K., Pillay, D., & Naicker, I. (2021). Autoethnography as/in higher education. In T. E. Adams, S. Holman Jones, & C. Ellis (Eds.), Handbook of Autoethnography (215-227). (Second edition). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429431760-22

We explore autoethnography as a complex and potentially transformative methodology for understanding and enacting higher education. First, we position higher education in the context of global corporate managerialism and consider the possible effects... Read More about Autoethnography as/in higher education.

Our Words Flowing into Wide Futures: Making a Difference through Poetic Professional Learning (2020)
Book Chapter
PITHOUSE-MORGAN, K. (2021). Our Words Flowing into Wide Futures: Making a Difference through Poetic Professional Learning. In H. Mreiwed, M. R. Carter, & C. Mitchell (Eds.), Art as an Agent for Social Change (179-190). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004442870_018

My explorations in self-reflexive and arts-informed research have given rise to a distinctive formulation of poetic professional learning as a literary arts-inspired means of researching and enhancing professional learning. I have worked with many ot... Read More about Our Words Flowing into Wide Futures: Making a Difference through Poetic Professional Learning.

Choosing My Own Adventures: A Short Story of My Doctoral Journey (2020)
Book Chapter
Pithouse-Morgan, K. (2020). Choosing My Own Adventures: A Short Story of My Doctoral Journey. In B. Bradford (Ed.), The doctoral journey : international educationalist perspectives (27-35). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004444287_003

In my doctoral research, I studied my professional learning in action by teaching three graduate teacher education courses at a South African university. I took a narrative self-study stance toward research and pedagogy to explore my lived experience... Read More about Choosing My Own Adventures: A Short Story of My Doctoral Journey.