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Nurse tutors’ tales of transition: Nurse tutors’ tales of transition: a clash of legitimation codes? a clash of legitimation codes?

Martin S McNamara, Gerard M Fealy, Ruth E Geraghty Martin S McNamara, Gerard M Fealy, Ruth E Geraghty

Society for Research into Higher Education Annual Research Conference Society for Research into Higher Education Annual Research Conference 16 16th

th December 2010, Newport, South Wales

December 2010, Newport, South Wales

Scoil na hAltrachta, an Chnáimhseachais agus na gCóras Sláinte UCD UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems

• Biographic Narrative Interpretive Method (BNIM)

Biographic Narrative Interpretive Method (BNIM) interview interview plus plus semi structured interview semi structured interview

• 15 nursing academics from 8 Irish higher education

15 nursing academics from 8 Irish higher education institutions institutions

Method and Sample Method and Sample

• Transferred from hospital based schools to higher

Transferred from hospital based schools to higher education sector between 2002 education sector between 2002 -

• 2006

2006

Legitimation Code Theory Legitimation Code Theory (

(Maton Maton, 2005) , 2005)

Autonomy Autonomy Density Density Temporality Temporality Specialisation Specialisation Semantics Semantics

Specialisation Specialisation

…by an author …by an author …of the world …of the world Knowledge… Knowledge… Epistemic relation Epistemic relation (ER+/ (ER+/-

• )

) Social relation Social relation (SR+/ (SR+/-

• )

) Knower code (ER Knower code (ER-

• , SR+)

, SR+) Knowledge code (ER+, SR Knowledge code (ER+, SR-

• )

) Elite code (ER+, SR+) Elite code (ER+, SR+) Relativist code (ER Relativist code (ER-

• ,SR

,SR-

• )

)

Specialisation Specialisation

Knowledge Elite Relativist Knower

Aspired to destination for nursing

ER+ SR- SR+ Relativist Knower

Starting point for nursing on entering academia

ER-

How do you build knowledge? How do you build knowledge?

Knowledge Elite Relativist Knower

Aspired to destination for nursing

ER+ SR- SR+ Relativist Knower

Starting point for nursing on entering academia

ER-

Semantics: Internal relations Semantics: Internal relations

SG- SD+ SG+ SD-

Semantics: External relations Semantics: External relations

SG- SD+ SG+ SD- L2 L2 L2 L2

Nursing’s potential for Nursing’s potential for knowledge building knowledge building

SD SD° ° SD+ SD+ SG SG-

• SD

SD-

• SD

SD° ° SG SG° ° SD SD° ° SG SG° ° SD SD-

• SG+

SG+

Nurse tutors’ tales of transition: Nurse tutors’ tales of transition: a clash of legitimation codes? a clash of legitimation codes? Conclusions Conclusions