Life History and Narrative

Download or read book Life History and Narrative written by J. Amos Hatch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.