Conlon, Sharon (2019) A Search for Authenticity: An Adopted Adult’s Autoethnographic Account of the Search for Authenticity: Through an Adult Education Lens. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

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Abstract

This 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.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Additional Information:	Submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the MEd in Adult and Community Education/Guidance and Counselling
Keywords:	Search; Authenticity; Adopted Adult; Autoethnographic Account; Adult Education; Lens; MEd in Adult and Community Education;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Adult and Community Education
Item ID:	12341
Depositing User:	IR eTheses
Date Deposited:	29 Jan 2020 16:43
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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