Navegando por experiências de um estudante de letras/inglês e professor em (trans)formação: uma pesquisa autobiográfica

Abstract

This autobiographical narrative research was motivated by my desire to understand my transformations based on my experiences as a distance learning student of English Language and Literature, in my professional daily life, and in my teacher training through practicum. My research objective was to narrate and discuss the experiences of an English Language and Literature student and teacher in transformation. I sought to follow the theoreticalmethodological path of narrative research to conduct this autobiographical investigation. In a retrospective movement, I revisited my memories and wrote the following narratives: (1) The pandemic and remote work, (2) Transcription tools supporting my studies, (3) Resorting to ChatGPT, (4) Artificial intelligence (AI) from my perspective, (5) Moodle in my distance learning experiences, (6) Graduation and practicum. By sharing the six narratives, in the process of composing meanings, I identified three emerging themes for which I mobilized a theoretical framework and related them to the narratives: (1) digital tools, (2) teaching, and (3) gender issues. My autobiographical research shows that my experiences constitute me as a student and teaching professional in constant (trans)formation.