Doing reflexivity: Moments of unbecoming and becoming

Citation

Fox A & Allan J (2014) Doing reflexivity: Moments of unbecoming and becoming. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 37 (1), pp. 101-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2013.787407

Abstract
This paper offers an account of a reflexive ‘trip' undertaken by a professional doctoral student and her supervisor. It presents a series of vignettes which offer an account of unbecomings and becomings encountered by the student. Making use of a dialogic approach in which the supervisor responds to the student, we suggest this method of data collection might offer an innovative approach which goes beyond simple recollection to enable a deeper level of reflexive action. In so doing, we have identified three lines along which reflexivity appears to have been practised: conceptual, ethical and performative. These expose reflexivity as partial, fragmented and dynamic.

Keywords
methodology; reflexivity; professional doctorate; doctoral supervision

Journal
International Journal of Research and Method in Education: Volume 37, Issue 1