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Society for Research into Higher Education Annual Research Conference Society for Research into Higher Education Annual Research Conference th December 2010, Newport, South Wales 16 th 16 December 2010, Newport, South Wales 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 UCD School of Nursing, Scoil na hAltrachta, an Midwifery and Health Chnáimhseachais agus na Systems gCóras Sláinte UCD

Method and Sample Method and Sample • 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 • 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 Knowledge… Knowledge… …of the world …of the world …by an author …by an author Social relation Social relation Epistemic relation Epistemic relation (SR+/- (SR+/ -) ) (ER+/- (ER+/ -) ) 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 ER+ Aspired to destination for nursing Knowledge Elite SR- SR+ Relativist Relativist Knower Knower Starting point for nursing on entering ER- academia

How do you build knowledge? How do you build knowledge? ER+ Aspired to destination for nursing Knowledge Elite SR- SR+ Relativist Relativist Knower Knower Starting point for nursing on entering ER- academia

Semantics: Internal relations Semantics: Internal relations SG- SD+ SG+ SD-

Semantics: External relations Semantics: External relations SG- SD+ L2 L2 L2 L2 SG+ SD-

Nursing’s potential for Nursing’s potential for knowledge building knowledge building SD+ SD+ SG- SG - SD SD° SD° SD ° ° SD SD- SD SD- - - SG SG° ° 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