Teaching and Parenting: Who Are the Members of Our Profession?

Autor/in	Hammill, Bobbi Ann
Titel	Teaching and Parenting: Who Are the Members of Our Profession?
Quelle	In: College Composition and Communication, 59 (2007) 1, S.98-124 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-096X
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Employed Parents; Academic Discourse; Doctoral Programs; Writing (Composition); Student Educational Objectives; Student Motivation; Case Studies; Phenomenology; Participant Characteristics; Child Rearing; Womens Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Discourse; Diskurs; Doktorandenprogramm; Schreibübung; Schulische Motivation; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Kindererziehung
Abstract	This qualitative investigation explores the perceptions of four women compositionists regarding mothers, teaching, and scholarship in the field of composition. I examine narrative case studies about four women who have PhDs in composition from the same doctoral program. Findings indicate that each of these four women perceives her mother as a literacy sponsor and sees her father as a literacy doer. Participants reveal that their mothers supported their educational decisions and encouraged them to gain more education than they themselves had. Participants pursued a doctorate for practical reasons such as proximity, cost, job security, promotion, and tenure as well as knowing someone else who had done it. In addition, each of the four participants identifies as a teacher first and scholar second, and each also expresses self-doubt regarding her ability to write and publish academic discourse. Participants view teaching as an ethical responsibility much like mothering and protect the memory of their mothers in various ways. Although participants separated from their mothers in order to pursue higher education, they still exemplified rhetorical ties to them. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10