Developing “Haltung” through autoethnographic reflections during supervisor training research

Abstract

In this article I focus on the development of my professional attitude [Haltung] during the transition from practitioner to researcher. It is part of my dissertation in which I ask in what sense (coaching) supervisors in training develop haltung during their training period. Based on self-reflective documentation resulting from both my practice and research, here I aim to sketch developmental processes while studying my own occupation (i.e., supervisor trainer) in the field. Thus, I (i) analyse my own professional development as parallel to my dissertation research, I (ii) illustrate the corresponding mixed-methods approach as a case study of working with the self, and I (iii) value induced contextual framings as additional insights for my research.

Keywords

• objective hermeneutics
• autoethnography
• developmental coaching
• supervisor training
• professional attitude [haltung]
• self-reflection