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Quote: For educators looking for personal experiences in actual school settings, anrrative research offers practical, specific insights. Page 512
ReplyDeleteInteresting Fact: When determining a type of narrative study there are 5 questions you as a researcher can ask yourself; Who writes or records the story? How Much of a life is recorded and presented? Who provides the story? Is a theoretical lens being used? Can narrative formed be combined. Page 514-515
Question: What are narrative research designs used for and in what situations are they better then other types of designs?
Question: (Pg 512) Why is narrative research even used since its methods are still developing and little agreement is found about its form?
ReplyDeleteQuote: (Pg 522) “When gathering stories, narrative researchers need to be cautious about the stories. Is the story authentic? The participant may “fake the data.”
Interesting fact: Table 16.1 shows the many types of narrative research forms…I can see why there is substantial interest in this method.
Question: I think narrative research sounds great-listening to participants tell their story and using the story as the basis for research (Page 512), however, I'm concerned about participants telling the truth, omitting information, or embellishing the narrative. How could you really know for sure if the narrative is reliable? It would be unfortunate if your research was proven to be based on untruths.
ReplyDeleteQuote:(Page 522) "Collaboration involves negotiating relationships between the researcher and the participant to lessen the potential gap between the narrative told and the narrative reported."
Fact: I like the theoretical lens perspective possible in narrative research. A theoretical lens is a guiding perspective or ideology that provides structure for advocating for groups or individuals and for writing the report. The narrative researcher provides a voice for participants.(Page 515)
You can gather multiple narratives if you are concerned about "truth" issues, and you can use the common themes then.
ReplyDeleteRemember I told you about the fictional research that was in The Harvard Educational Review and the debate about it???
Good points,
Dr. Hendrix
Quote: (pg. 522) "...narrative researchers remind us that stories are "truths or our experiences" and that any story told has an element of truth in it."
ReplyDeleteFact: When an individual tells a story, it is often out of chronological sequence or not logically developed.
Question: Do you know of any examples of narratives in which the data has been faked?
Question: What exactly is the researcher's role with using the Autobiography Narrative Design if the individual who is the subject of the study is writing the account?
ReplyDeleteInteresting Fact/ Question: page 517 -
Fact: In narrative research, the inquirer often studies a single individual. Narrative researchers focus on the experiences of one or more individuals.
Question: I am confused. In one sentence it says that narrative research a single person. The in the very next sentence it says the focus is on the experience of possibly more than one. Am I making this way to hard?
Quote: Page 529 - "All these individuals have stories to tell about their experiences."
- So true! All teachers have stories to tell! All students can think of something to tell a story about! I have great conversations with my 6th grade students each day. A great way to really get to know each student in your class.
Mrs. Dalrymple - Great questions! It seems like this type of design leaves the door wide open for a bit of fabrication.
ReplyDeleteChristina - In response to your question.
ReplyDeleteWhat I was thinking is to use this approach to determine if students who are our "troubled youth", low income, free and reduced lunch kiddos like to be recognized say in front of a large audience at an assembly. In some poverty training I have had I have learned that large group recognition may cause a backslide in performance.
Canicke - Why is this form used? I am thinking each design which is well trusted now was once introduced and it just takes time to iron out the wrinkles in the design.
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ReplyDelete"As in most qualitative studies, the literature plays a minor role. In this study there is little literature and when it appears it documents the stories told on the professional knowledge landscape." page 488 2nd edition
Question:
If there is a question about the authenticity of a story from a primary source couldn't the researcher ask more probing questions to validate the story or possibly connect other sources?
I was thinking about the slave narrative, "The autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman". I remember reading the book in high school and watching the movie starred by Cicely Tyson. The reporter interviewing Miss Pitman was researching the history of African Americans during the slavery period. How easy would it had been to validate the story by other people , places and things in the community?
Interesting Fact:
While conducting a narrative the procedures allows researchers to gather information from contextual , characters and themes. p489
Interesting Fact: Exsisting literature in narrative research design plays a minor role, mainly educating the reader on the process of narrative design rather than on the topic itself.
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Family stories, photographs, and memory boxes-collections of items that trigger our memories-are other forms used for collecting stories in narrative research."
Question: If a researcher has "restoried" how can we, as readers, know that the researcher is not adding in personal biases or leaving out the actual voice of the participant?
Question: I know readers like visuals such as charts and graphs. Is there really any way to use these in narrative research?
ReplyDeleteQuote: For participants in a narrative research study, "sharing their stories may make them feel that their stories are important and that they are heard."
Interesting fact: I'd never thought of biographies and autobiographies as forms of narrative research. Interesting.
Question. I remember in Dr. Smith's class, about the people of Alaska( I think) that had been studied by researchers, I wonder if this was a form of narrative research?
ReplyDeleteFact pg 523 " The telling of the story by the participant also raises the issue of who owns the story." I can see how easy it would be to claim the story for your own.
Quotation pg 518, " understanding the individual's past as well as the present and future is another key element in narrative research." It seems as if the past is more important than his/her future for narrative design.