Explorations in narrative research /

There has been a major 'turn' towards narrative, biographical and life history approaches in the academy over the last 30 years. What are some of the new directions in narrative research? How do narrative research approaches help us to understand the world differently? What do we learn by...

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Other Authors: Goodson, Ivor, Loveless, Avril, Stephens, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam ; Boston : SensePublishers, ©2012.
Series:Studies in professional life and work ; v. 6.
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Table of Contents:
  • Investigating Narrativity / Ivor F. Goodson
  • Urgently in Need of a Different Story / Carl Anders Säfström
  • Narratives and Old Age / Ragna Ådlandsvik
  • Learning from Stories, Stories of Learning / Molly Andrews
  • Negotiation and Renegotiation of Gender Identities / Pik Lin Choi
  • 'Just Because I'm from Africa, they Think I'll want to do Narrative' / David Stephens, Sheila Trahar
  • Questioning the Narrative of more male Teachers as the Easy Solution to Problems in Swedish Schools / Håkan Löfgren
  • Narratives and Testimonies / Maria do Carmo Martins
  • The Personal in the Professional Lives of School Leaders / Ciaran Sugrue
  • Body and Soul / Avril Loveless
  • Truths, Truths and Treating People Properly / Pat Sikes
  • Professional Identities in Retired Teacher Educators' Life Stories / Marie Karlsson, Héctor Pérez Prieto.