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Humanities
- ISSN: 2155-7993
- Journal of Modern Education Review
“Down the Rabbit Hole”: Building Self-Reflexive Pedagogy in Writing
Celia M. Ayala Lugo
(University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Puerto Rico)
Abstract: We undergo a certain type of “down-the-rabbit hole experience”, when we end our years as students and begin a new chapter as teachers. This process may be amplified when one is an ESL teacher, teaching English as a second language. As a former Basic English instructor at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and incoming doctoral student at the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, facing new challenges, both as a graduate student and a college-level instructor, I have found the process to be similar to how Alice figures out how to fit into this new world called Wonderland, which is completely different to her home in England.
Key words: self-reflection, autoethnography, pedagogy, Alice in wonderland, children’s literature
