Developing agency in a writing centre context: A Social Realist interpretation

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dc.contributor.authorSlemming, Fatima
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-08T09:20:28Z
dc.date.available2023-02-08T09:20:28Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this article is to explore how aspects of a Social Realist theoretical framework could be understood in relation to my professional development as a writing centre consultant and manager. I share the view that a Social Realist framework could enable consideration about processes of developing or extending knowledge about ourselves in relation to cultural and structural phenomena in society, and may explain how or why changes occur or remain unchanged in socio-cultural settings. The research question that this article sets out to address is: How can my internal reflexive conversations help explain my professional development? I begin the theoretical framing for this paper by means of a brief introduction to Critical Realism (Bhaskar 1998, 2008, 2009). This is followed by a discussion of Social Realism (Archer 1995, 1996, 2000, 2007, 2010). I present introductory explanations of the major concepts used in the Social Realist theoretical framework, namely ‘structure’, ‘culture and ‘agency’, and I explain related concepts necessary for analytical sense-making.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSlemming, F. (2019). Developing agency in a writing centre context: A Social Realist interpretation. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 57, 149-168. 10.5842/57-0-815en_US
dc.identifier.issn2224-3380
dc.identifier.uri10.5842/57-0-815
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8382
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherStellenbosch Universityen_US
dc.subjectSocial realismen_US
dc.subjectAutoethnographyen_US
dc.subjectCultureen_US
dc.subjectHigher educationen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleDeveloping agency in a writing centre context: A Social Realist interpretationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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