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National University of Ireland Maynooth
A Search for Authenticity: An Adopted Adult’s Autoethnographic Account of the Search for Authenticity: Through an Adult Education Lens
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis thesis explores an adopted adult’s search for authenticity using autoethnography as a methodology. It explains a shift in my ontological and epistemological approach to inquiry following a group supervision session. I examine how an epiphany took me in a different direction to my original intended research topic. Using personal archival documents, reflections and vignettes as educational aids I embark on a journey of contemplation using the lens of adult education. I will consider how adult education gave me the tools to examine my fractured life as an adopted adult and the possibilities for authentic connections.
Degree
thesis:*- Level dc:type.qualificationlevel
- masters
- Grantor dc:publisher.institution
- National University of Ireland Maynooth
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2019
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Conlon, Sharon
Rights
- Language dc:language
- en