Lessons in Serendipity The role of Twitter in my EdD journey Emma Kell Assistant Principal, Francis Combe Academy, Watford Supervisor: Professor Paul Gibbs,

Emma Kell: Shifting Identities, Middlesex University, 19 June 2014

Lessons in SerendipityThe role of Twitter in my EdD journey

Emma KellAssistant Principal , Francis Combe Academy, WatfordSupervisor: Professor Paul Gibbs, Middlesex University

Emma Kell: Shifting Identities, Middlesex University, 19 June 2014

Key research question: What is the influence of parenthood on teacher

identity, effectiveness and well-being?

Subsidiary questions: What are the factors, at micro, macro and meso level,

that affect teacher-parent identity? Which practices and policies are effective in promoting

well-being and effectiveness of teacher-parents and how could policy be further developed in this area?

Shifting Identities: A Mixed-Methods Study of the Experiences of Teachers

who are also Parents

Emma Kell: Shifting Identities, Middlesex University, 19 June 2014

Contexts Why ‘Netnography’?

Setting the Scene

Teachers have hearts and bodies, as well as heads and hands, though the deep and unruly nature of their hearts is governed by their heads, by the sense of moral responsibility for students and the integrity of their subject matter which are at the core of their professional identity. They cannot teach well if any part of them is disengaged for long.. (Nias, 1996, p.305)

Emma Kell: Shifting Identities, Middlesex University, 19 June 2014

Early forays into internet research

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First responses

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https://storify.com/emmakell/twitter-for-research

Storify

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On 23 May 2014, at 10:11, Kate Hodge wrote:

Hi Emma, 

Thanks for getting back to me on Twitter.

We ran your blog about parenting and teaching last week on our education news round up.

I thought it was really interesting and I wanted to get in touch with you about a couple of things.

Firstly, I edit the Guardian Teacher – the Guardian's online community of teaching professionals. We like to get teachers blogging for teachers on our site – if you would be interested in writing for us please do let me know.

Secondly, we are running a roundtable event on 17 June at the Guardian offices about teacher wellbeing – what issues teachers face and what more can be done to stem the increasing trend of stress in the profession. We'd love to have you there – would you be interested in me asking our events team to extend a formal invite?

Best wishes

Kate -- Kate Hodge Editor, Guardian Teacher Network 020 3353 2637 @GuardianTeach @kate_hodge

The Guardian

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Volume of responses Ease of access (fun!) Supportive Recognition Equaliser Cost and time-efficient

Strengths

Emma Kell: Shifting Identities, Middlesex University, 19 June 2014

A distraction A wealth of material to be harnessed – keep

the focus! Sampling Quality assurance Archiving and analysing material Sampling – coverage error

Limitations

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Teacher Support Network

Relational Schoolshttp://relationalschools.org/being-a-teacher-being-a-parent-is-being-good-enough-good-enough-part-1/

Teacher Support Networkhttp://www.teachersupport.info/blog/30-april-2014/balancing-teaching-and-parenthood#.U53fx5SwJXA

First publications….

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The TES

The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/may/09/internet-addiction-young-people-exams-happiness

The TES!http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6430086

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Carol’s blog http://carolslearningcurve.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/t

witedres-thinking-cap-research-methods.html?spref=tw

Raul’s blog http://www.raulpacheco.org/2014/05/five-ways-in-w

hich-twitter-can-be-useful-in-academic-contexts/ Tim Jeffries http://tjj.postach.io/leading-the-conversation-senior-

leaders-use-of-twitter Pat Thompson – On Not Quitting the Doctorate http://patthomson.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/on-n

ot-quitting-the-doctorate-2/ Nancy’s blog http://notsoordinarydiary.wordpress.com/

Useful leads

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Academic publication Woman’s Hour…?

Next Steps

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