Narrative Inquiry: Wakeful Engagement With Educational Experience

Abstract

An essay review of

Narrative Inquiry: Experience and Story in Qualitative Research

(Clandinin, D. Jean, & Connelly, F. Michael. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000)

Notes

Notes

1 The “review of the literature” is thus very different from a typical academic literature review, shaped in a way that does not solicit legitimacy by citing the expected roster of qualitative and narrative researchers whose work preceded theirs, but rather by presenting the intellectual processes that undergird the authors’ own work.

2 A search for the descriptor “learning community” in one prominent journal of teaching revealed more than 1,000 entries over the past 10 years.

3 Collaborative research is time-consuming for all parties involved, and requires much coordination and attention to interpersonal interactions. Not only teachers may be reluctant, but also such research may not serve the interest of academics under pressure to publish in a timely fashion and move on to the next project.