Contextualising Narrative Inquiry - Developing Methodological Approaches for Local Contexts

Informationen zum Autor Sheila Trahar is Senior Lecturer in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Bristol, UK. Zusammenfassung The contributors to this edited collection have all used narrative inquiry in their research into a range of topics and in a range of contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. What’s in a Sign? Narrative inquiry and deaf storytellers Donna West 2. Private Lives, Public Property: Narrating the lives of mothers whose children have significant special needs Jenny Knibb 3. Looking Down on the World from a Wooden Balcony: A narrative autoethnnographic study of voluntary celibacy Dione Mifsud 4.Workplace Bullying in Higher Education: An autothnographic perspective Mary Baker 5.‘The Teeth and the Tongue’: A narrative inquiry journey in Ghana Janetta Sika Akoto 6. Seeing with New Eyes: Becoming a narrative inquirer in higher education practice Narina A. Samah 7. Narrative Inquiry in a Divided Island: Dealing with Sensitive and complex methodological issues in Cyprus Evgenia Partasi 8. A Conversation with Ah Leung Christina Yip Pui Lin 9.Catalan Teacher Meets Chilean Researcher: (De) constructing subjectivities through the interplay of textual narratives Veronica Larrain 10.No Horror Stories to Tell: Critical moments in exploring the literacy practices of Jamaican –born elders in the UK Pam Bennett 11.Words Collide, Mindsets Remain: A journey of cross-cultural narrative inquiry Jane Horan

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• Authors: Sheila (University of Bristol Trahar
• Assisted by: Sheila Trahar (Editor), Trahar Sheila (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.01.2013
• EAN: 9780415536370
• ISBN: 978-0-415-53637-0
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education; EDUCATION / General, Sociology, EDUCATION / Research, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Social issues & processes, Moral and social purpose of education, Social and ethical issues, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Moral & social purpose of education