Autobiography

The page below provides directions given to fellows for the Learning Autobiography deliverable. The page also contains artifacts created during the summer institute and fellowship year related to this deliverable as well as work samples from fellows.

Learning Autobiography

Each ISI participant is to create a learning autobiography of yourself as a learner, teacher, scientist, and/or as a writer that you will present to your ISI colleagues. You are encouraged to take some risks and to explore alternate forms of composition as you do this and see how it feels and what you find out from the risk taking. The approach you take is up to you and the experiences you focus on could be positive, ambiguous or negative. You could:

• Develop a theme that runs across your learning (writing or teaching or “science-ing”) throughout your life or career.
• Develop a few incidents in depth.
• Highlight just one intensely memorable experience in detail, or one person who has been important to your learning, your teaching or your writing.
• Include experiences in school or out of school, or both.

Learning Autobiography Instructions

(Task, Purpose, Audience, Criteria)

Personal Reflection on Learning Autobiography:

Fellows reflected on their own learning autobiography as part of the portfolio submitted to their coaches at the end of the summer institute.

Learning Autobiography Reflection Instructions