A Collaborative Auto-Ethnography: A South Africa-China Community of Practice and Its International Collaborative Research Process

Autor/inn/en	Nel, Norma; Wang, Linpu; Krog, Soezin; Lebeloane, L. D. M. Oupa
Titel	A Collaborative Auto-Ethnography: A South Africa-China Community of Practice and Its International Collaborative Research Process
Quelle	In: Education as Change, 23 (2019), Artikel 4904 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nel, Norma) ORCID (Wang, Linpu) ORCID (Krog, Soezin) ORCID (Lebeloane, L. D. M. Oupa)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1947-9417
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Communities of Practice; International Cooperation; Intercollegiate Cooperation; Educational Research; Research Projects; Autobiographies; Ethnography; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Mandarin Chinese; South Africa; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Community; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Hochschulkooperation; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Forschungsvorhaben; Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Ethnografie; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	A South African university and a Chinese university embarked on a collaborative research project in 2014. The project was propelled by the introduction of Mandarin as a second additional language in South African schools and Mandarin taught as a foreign language to non-Chinese learners and mixed-blood learners (one parent is ethnic Chinese) in schools in China. A Community of Practice (CoP) was established as part of the existing research project in 2017. Based on our research process experiences as a CoP we were able to present a collaborative auto-ethnographic narrative. The focus was on the teaching and learning of Mandarin as a foreign language: Chinese characters. The benefits of the CoP for each country ensure the sustainability of the research project, with a renewed vision for future research. CoPs are enablers of collaborative comparative research whereby their combined experiences and conclusions are reflected in an auto-ethnographic narrative. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education as Change. The Centre for Education Rights and Transformation, Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa. Tel: +27-11-5591148; e-mail: journal-ed@uj.ac.za; Web site: https://upjournals.co.za/
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Update	2024/1/01