Browsing Research publications by Author "James, Gwyneth"
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Cul-de-sacs and narrative data analysis - a less than straightforward journey
James, Gwyneth (2017-12-03)This article focuses on the methodological journey I took as a novice narrative inquirer, particularly regarding data analysis, for my doctoral data; a journey characterised by floundering, meandering, wrong turns and ... -
ELT teachers' stories of resilience
James, Gwyneth; de Laurentiis Brandao, Ana Carolina (British Council, 2019-06-01)This study analyses ELT teachers’ stories of resilience in Brazil and the United Kingdom. Resilience is a fundamental element in ELT teachers’ lives. In Brazil, for example, teachers face major challenges such as the low ... -
ELT teachers' stories of resilience (summary version)
James, Gwyneth; de Laurentiis Brandao, Ana Carolina (2020-02)This article is a summary of the research project we were funded by the British Council to conduct between 2017 and 2019. It focuses on the construction and analysis of six early career ELT teachers' stories focusing on ... -
A journey through narrative inquiry to autoethnography
James, Gwyneth (Routledge, 2018-12-07)This article describes my journey of analysing my doctoral data narratively. It starts with the use of narrative inquiry, a research methodology which studies experience as story, and moves to autoethnography, an ... -
A narrative inquiry perspective into coping mechanisms of international postgraduate students’ transition experiences
James, Gwyneth (2018-05-30)To research the transition experiences of a group of international postgraduate students, this study focused on the use of a methodology which, although gaining much popularity in recent years, is still under used in UK ... -
The transition experiences of an international postgraduate student: Her narrative
James, Gwyneth (2015-12-15)In this article I focus on some of the educational transition experiences and consequent coping mechanisms of a former student of mine, Berenice. She was one of five Master’s students who participated in my doctoral research ... -
Understanding the learning experiences of postgraduate Latin American students in a UK context: A narrative approach
James, Gwyneth (2013-10-25)Researching the learning experiences of postgraduate students requires a different type of qualitative research to enable access to areas of their lives which may well remain hidden with more conventional methods of research. ... -
Who are resilient ELT teachers?
James, Gwyneth (IATEFL, 2022-05-20)What sustains you in your daily life as a teacher? How resilient are you? What does resilience look like? In this presentation, my aim is for us to discuss and share experiences of resilience in the workplace and identify ...