include these in your report. For instance, in my research about sharing power in a literacy program (Norton, 2000a), I had a number of insights about myself and about contradictions in my beliefs and practices. Learnings from my research affected how I saw myself and my practice. They continue
Our social identities include our race, gender, class, sexual orientation, abilities and other identities. Our social location has to do with our membership in socially identified groups and the relative power or dominance of those groups. For instance, in Canada, it's generally recognized that as a group, white people have more power than Aboriginal people and people of colour, that men have more power than women, and that heterosexuality is considered the norm. Although the dominance of many groups has been challenged, their power is sustained by slow-changing social, economic and political systems.
Power relations are sustained by assumptions and ways of thinking shaped and maintained by the powerful groups. For example, until the 1960s, women teachers, nurses and other professionals were expected to resign from their jobs when they married. This reflected prevailing thinking that married women needed to be at home to look after their children and husbands (Ivany, 2004).