Narrative Research Approach

Narrative Research Approach

1. have many definitions

   • is a frame of reference
   • a way of reflecting during the entire inquiry process...
   • a research method
   • a mode for representing the research study

2. The sociocultural foundation of narrative research

   • scholars have studied and puzzled over the development of human beings
   • Social Constructivism
     • introduces alternative theories on the development of human beings
   • many authors
     • Vygotsky
       • developmental analysis
     • Bakhtin
       • concept of dialogue

3. Latin meaning

   • narrario
     • means a narrative or a story, and the verb narrare to tell or narrate

4. A narrative

   • is a story that tells a sequence of events that is significant for the narrator or her or his audience

5. Three basic claims about narrative research

   • human beings organize their experiences of the world into narratives
   • narrative researchers maintain that the stories that are told
   • the multivoicedness that occurs in the narratives

6. The narrative research process

   • main characteristic
     • is the collaboration process between the researcher and her or his research subjects.

7. 3 perspectives

   • knowledge- for-practice
   • knowledge-in-practice
   • knowledge-of-practice