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Informationen zum Autor J. Amos Hatch, Richard Wisniewski Klappentext Narrative inquiry refers to a subset of qualitative research design in which stories are used to describe human action. This book contains current ideas in this emerging field of research. Chapters include a qualitative analysis of narrative data; criteria for evaluating narrative inquiry, linking emotion and reason through narrative voice, audience and the politics of narrative; trust in educational storytelling; narrative strategies for case reports; life history narratives and women's gender identity; and issues in life history and narrative inquiry. This text is intended to be of interest to all qualitative researchers and education researchers studying forms of narrative. Zusammenfassung Narrative inquiry refers to a subset of qualitative research design in which stories are used to describe human action. This book contains current ideas in this field of research, and will be of interest to qualitative researchers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Life history and narrative: introduction, Narrative configuration in qualitative analysis, Fidelity as a criterion for practicing and evaluating narrative inquiry, Distancing passion: narratives in social science, Audience and the politics of narrative, Persuasive writings, vigilant readings, and reconstructed characters: the paradox of trust in educational storysharing, Narrative strategies for case reports, The story so far: personal knowledge and the political, Conflicts of selves: nonunitary subjectivity in women administrators’ life history narratives, Life history and narrative: questions, issues, and exemplary works, Notes on Contributors, Index
