scholarly journals Four Religious Education Teachers: Four Retrospective Career Trajectories

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 474
Author(s):  
Juha Luodeslampi ◽  
Arniika Kuusisto ◽  
Arto Kallioniemi
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Career Paths ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
School Subject ◽  
Written Narratives ◽  
Lutheran Church ◽  
Career Trajectories ◽  
History Approach

This article examines the career paths of Finnish Religious Education (RE) teachers who were born in the 1930s, through a retrospective, self-autobiographical life history approach. The material reported here is a part of wider data of mainly written narratives (N = 62) from RE teachers who recount their career trajectories. In these career-focused life histories, the teachers outline their own professionalism as embedded in changing sociohistorical contexts, where to a great extent they tell about the active development of the school and the teaching of their particular subject to answer to the changing needs and challenges. Some teachers have, along with their teaching, also been actively involved in different communities or associations. Many of the Religious Education teachers here reflect on their career paths in relation to their profession as a teacher and often also with double qualifications as pastor trained theologians. At times, this constructs a possibility for tension between the roles of a teacher and that of a pastor, and in the perceptions of RE as a school subject and as something “preached” in the pulpit—some see their professionalism above all in relation to their religious life. This also includes a notable gender divide in the data, as at the time when these teachers gained their professional qualifications, it was only possible for men to be ordained in the Finnish Lutheran Church. Succeeding this, the male teachers in these data commonly have pastorhood as their first profession. For the purpose of this article, the career accounts of four teachers have been selected for further analysis, as they were perceived as telling examples of the wider material in terms of more or less typical career paths.

K.H. Raden Muhammad Adnan (1889-1969 M): Ulama dan Pejuang di Bidang Pendidikan, Politik, dan Agama dari Kauman Surakarta

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Islah Gusmian
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Social History ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
Boarding Schools ◽  
Functional Orientation ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Approach

This article describes the life history of K.H. R. Muhammad Adnan and the roles he plays in education, social, political, and religious fields. This study is written with a social history approach as well as diachronic and synchronic analysis. The concept of elite developed by Weber, in this article is also used to see the existence of Kiai Adnan as a figure born among the elite and raised in the tradition of pesantren education. His existence has a strong influence on his functional orientation, both social, political, and religious functions. In the field of religion, from the era of physical revolution to independence, Kiai Adnan has played an important role, namely to develop religious education by establishing various schools and boarding schools. In the field of socio-politics, Kiai Adnan appear as a likeable figure and can be accepted by many circles, and made politics as a means of devotion to the nation. The characteristics and his father's upbringing have made him a transformed figure, and throughout his life he has devoted himself to the progress of the nation and the glory of his religion. Keywords: Kiai, Surakarta, Politics, Islam, Indonesia Artikel ini menguraikan tentang sejarah hidup K.H. R. Muhammad Adnan dan peran-peran yang dimainkannya di bidang pendidikan, sosial, politik, dan keagamaan. Topik ini ditulis dengan pendekatan sejarah sosial serta analisis diakronis dan analisis sinkronis. Konsep elite yang dikem¬bang¬kan Weber, dalam artikel ini juga dipakai untuk melihat eksistensi Kiai Adnan sebagai sosok yang lahir di kalangan elite dan dibesarkan dalam tradisi pendidikan pesantren. Eksistensinya ini mempunyai penga¬ruh terhadap orientasi fungsionalnya, baik fungsi sosial, politik, dan keaga¬maan. Di bidang agama, sejak era revolusi fisik hingga kemerde¬kaan, Kiai Adnan telah memainkan peran penting, yaitu mengembangkan dunia pendidikan agama dengan mendirikan berbagai sekolah maupun pesantren. Di bidang sosial-politik, Kiai Adnan tampil sebagai tokoh yang cair dan bisa diterima oleh semua kalangan, serta menjadikan politik sebagai sarana pengabdian kepada bangsanya. Karekter dan didikan ayahnya telah menjadikan dirinya sebagai sosok yang telah bertransfor¬masi menjadi dirinya sendiri, dan di sepanjang hidupnya ia mengabdikan dirinya untuk kemajuan bangsa dan kemuliaan agamanya. Kata kunci: kiai, surakarta, politik, Islam, Indonesia

Portraits of UK Black and South Asian headteachers five years on: Leadership retention in the age of academization

2021 ◽  
pp. 174114322110098
Author(s):  
Lauri Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Career Progression ◽  
Professional Support ◽  
Work Lives ◽  
Career Trajectories ◽  
History Approach ◽  
Minority Ethnic ◽  
Over Time

This article analyzes the career trajectories of eight Black and South Asian headteachers who were part of a larger study of three generations of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) headteachers (28) interviewed in 2015 (Johnson, 2017). Using a longitudinal life history approach and portraiture, it seeks to answer the question, “How do Black and South Asian headteachers narrate their career progression and leadership values over time?” In particular, I explore the growth of academization and the formation of Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) on the work lives of Black and South Asian headteachers and the role of autonomy, value alignment, and professional support on their leadership retention.

‘I mean, why wouldn’t men be involved?’ The life histories of six male practitioners working within early childhood education and care in England

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-293
Author(s):  
Charlotte Estella Jones ◽  
Carol Aubrey
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Life History ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Personal A ◽  
Education And Care ◽  
History Approach ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Job Role

Many surveys and interviews have elicited male practitioners’ views about gender balance in the early childhood education and care workforce, and few have explored in depth the context to such work choices, whether economic, cultural, social or personal. A life history approach was employed to provide a retrospective account by six early childhood education and care professionals of their lives and some of the influences on these. They varied in job role, in organisation that employed them and in their ages ranging from 20 to 60 years. Being at different stages of their life course, some had lived through considerable societal change in education, job choice, attitudes and values. The life history approach also offered a means to explore broader questions about their professional development, links between life and work that rose above the individual voice to represent the profession that participants had chosen.

scholarly journals Challenging presentism in journalism studies: An emotional life history approach to understanding the lived experience of journalists

Journalism ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 670-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Wahl-Jorgensen
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Embodied Experience ◽  
Emotional Life ◽  
News Values ◽  
Journalism Studies ◽  
History Approach ◽  
Journalistic Professionalism

This article argues that studying the emotional life histories of journalists will help us better understand the profound changes and challenges facing the profession. The article suggests that the field has been marked by ‘presentism’ and requires new tools and vocabularies for studying how transformations in journalism have shaped journalists as individuals and journalism as a professional identity over the longer term. It proposes that an emphasis on emotional life histories allows us to think differently about the big and recurring debates in the field by, (1) offering us a way of seeing historical transformations from the bottom up, on the basis of lived and embodied experience and (2) providing a vocabulary and a method for explaining changes in journalistic professionalism, practices, and self-understanding – including journalistic norms, role perceptions, identities, and news values.

Uncovering hidden historical narratives of village women in Namibia

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Ndeshi Namhila
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Military Conflict ◽  
History Approach ◽  
Village Women

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the research techniques used by the author in collecting, analysing and writing life histories of women in the war during Namibia's independence struggle. The interest in recording and writing about these women arose because writing about the independence struggle of Namibia is dominated by men and little has been written about women; the little that is written tends to portray women as victims rather than as independent actors conscious of their decisions and the consequences of such decisions. This history is in danger of being lost if not tapped while these women are still alive. Design/methodology/approach – A life history approach was followed to appraise the methods used to listening to the women narrating their life stories and to listen to their life stories narrated by those who knew them, worked with them, and shared a prison experience with them. These stories were collected through open interviews followed by more structured interviews with list of open-ended questions with each woman. Life history follows an induction approach, starting with the story and using the stories to create themes and a method or framework guiding the interview recordings, analysing, writing and presentation of the story. Findings – The stories of the five women led to the demystification of woman as mere victims of repressive regimes and military conflicts. In collecting oral history sources on a subject such as the liberation struggle in a society that was torn apart by a prolonged military conflict, apartheid and repression, a researcher must respect the stories as told, but an extensive verification of the credibility and reliability of the sources may be required. Authenticity is undermined by the fact that the current society glorifies the independence struggle, and everybody wants to be on the side of the winners, even those that fought against liberation have today become its evangelists. Research limitations/implications – The sources for the paper depend on what the women could still remember and there are no local institutions such as archives and or newspapers to document the events when they happened. Practical implications – This paper argues the case that publishing women's life stories promotes interests in local history and makes significant impact on the socioeconomic status of women. It further recommends methodological approaches in documenting local histories; dealing with authenticity and integrity in each story. Social implications – The paper shows that publishing the life stories of five village women in a book with the title Tears of Courage had positive impact on their individual lives; and that publishing such oral accounts is an excellent way to lift the contributions by women out of obscurity into the mainstream of Namibian history. Originality/value – It is an original paper written from practical research experiences of identifying sources, documenting, interviewing, analysing, writing and constantly cross referencing to verify authenticity and integrity of both written and oral sources.

scholarly journals Critical events of the 1940s in Estonian life histories

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 471-492
Author(s):  
Tiiu Jaago
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Written Narratives ◽  
Written Responses ◽  
The Public ◽  
Historical Archives ◽  
History Analysis ◽  
Oral Life History ◽  
Main Message

The article observes how critical times, conditioned by events concurrent with Soviet power and World War II, are currently reflected in life histories of newly independent Estonia. Oral history analysis comprises texts from southern Läänemaa: oral life history interview (2005), written responses to the Estonian National Museum’s questionnaire “The 1949 Deportation, Life as a Deportee” (1999) and a written life history sent to the Estonian Literary Museum’s relevant competition “One Hundred Lives of a Century” (1999). Aiming at historic context, materials from the Estonian Historical Archives and Läänemaa County Archives have been used. The treatment focuses on two issues. First, whether oral and written narratives only differ by the form of presentation or do they also convey different messages (ideologies). Secondly, whether memories and history documents solely complement each other or do they more essentially alter the imaginations obtained from the events. The public is presented with experience narratives on coping under difficult circumstances, both at practical and mental levels. Narratives are presented from a certain standpoint, pursuant to narrators’ convictions, with the main message remaining the same in different presentations. The addition of history sources enables to better observe the evolving of narrative tradition (narration rules) and highlight new questions (hidden in the narrative).

Hormones and Behavior

2019 ◽  
pp. 11-26
Author(s):  
Maren N. Vitousek ◽  
Laura A. Schoenle
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Developmental Plasticity ◽  
Endocrine System ◽  
Phenotypic Traits ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
And Behavior

Hormones mediate the expression of life history traits—phenotypic traits that contribute to lifetime fitness (i.e., reproductive timing, growth rate, number and size of offspring). The endocrine system shapes phenotype by organizing tissues during developmental periods and by activating changes in behavior, physiology, and morphology in response to varying physical and social environments. Because hormones can simultaneously regulate many traits (hormonal pleiotropy), they are important mediators of life history trade-offs among growth, reproduction, and survival. This chapter reviews the role of hormones in shaping life histories with an emphasis on developmental plasticity and reversible flexibility in endocrine and life history traits. It also discusses the advantages of studying hormone–behavior interactions from an evolutionary perspective. Recent research in evolutionary endocrinology has provided insight into the heritability of endocrine traits, how selection on hormone systems may influence the evolution of life histories, and the role of hormonal pleiotropy in driving or constraining evolution.

scholarly journals Classical soloists’ life histories and the music conservatoire

2021 ◽  
pp. 025576142199115
Author(s):  
Tim Palmer ◽  
David Baker
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Life History ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Classical Music ◽  
Loss Of Autonomy ◽  
Cultural Interest ◽  
Concert Pianist ◽  
Analytic Induction ◽  
Musical Excellence

This article explores the life histories of virtuoso classical music soloists with particular reference to conservatoire provision. Detailed life-history interviews were conducted with six virtuosi between May 2018 and January 2019. These participants were three singers, two cellists and a concert pianist. Resultant qualitative data were stored in an NVivo software database and understood through a process of analytic induction. Key findings spotlight the significance of Higher Education, a connection between broad creative and cultural interest and musical excellence, and a significant role for conservatoires in diversifying their training and easing transition into the career. The soloists also warned of dangers relating to controlling teachers, loss of autonomy and a need to convey their career realities to students.

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