The “Teacher” in the Classroom: A Personal Self-Study With Photographs

Abstract

This article illustrates a reflective experiment of analyzing the teacher self through personal photographs. While performing an observational study within my secondary English classroom, I embarked on my own exploration of my teacher identity and its relationship to my practice. I open the article by discussing my data collection procedures and discussion of artefacts from my recent past. I then discuss my sorting process with treating my data, as well as my methods of categorization and meaning-making with regards to my photograph collections. I conclude this article with curatorial statements, which highlight my personal engagement of self, expressed through these photographic moments.