Chapter 4 Ji-Sook's and Brent's Stories to Live By

Abstract

Elizabeth told her parents she wants to be an inventor but they said she should be a dentist. Elizabeth told us that being a dentist is okay with her because they make stuff – they still invent so she can be a dentist. (Field notes, March 9, 2007)Today as Ji-Sook shared her collage with the class, she emphasized her family in Korea, her church, and the Bible, three topics that came up several times. She talked about Betta, her fish who is also her family and who she talks to when she is sad. Her symbols of belonging were trees and friendship: trees are about belonging for without them the ground would be cracked, there would no oxygen and we would be dead; friendship is like a broken toy – both can be mended. (Field notes, May 9, 2007)

Citation

Huber, J., Shaun Murphy, M. and Jean Clandinin, D. (2011), "Chapter 4 Ji-Sook's and Brent's Stories to Live By", Huber, J., Shaun Murphy, M. and Jean Clandinin, D. (Ed.) Places of Curriculum Making (Advances in Research on Teaching, Vol. 14), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 53-67. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3687(2011)0000014006