Narrative Inquiry

Name: Narrative Inquiry
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781350142046
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Philosophical Roots

By D. Jean Clandinin and Vera Caine and Sean Lessard

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Narrative Inquiry introduces key ideas of narrative inquiry, exploring in depth the theoretical foundations of this methodology. The authors examine how people's experiences and lives are shaped by cultural, social, familial, institutional, and linguistic narratives. Drawing on a diverse range of theorists, creative nonfiction writers, poets, and essayists, the book is organised into five parts covering themes such as embodiment, memory, knowledge, wonder, imagination, community, responsibility, and place. Each section concludes with a methodological discussion centred on research with refugee families from Syria.
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This book will appeal to students, researchers, and practitioners in education and social sciences seeking a deep theoretical and methodological engagement with narrative inquiry, including those interested in culturally and institutionally situated experiences.

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Introducing key ideas of narrative inquiry, this is the first book to explore in depth the theoretical underpinnings of the methodology. The authors open up ways of thinking about people’s experiences and their lives, which are situated and shaped by cultural, social, familial, institutional, and linguistic narratives.

The authors draw on a range of theorists, creative nonfiction writers, poets, and essayists. The book is arranged into five parts covering a range of topics including embodiment, memory, knowledge, wonder, imagination, community, responsibility, and place.

Each section ends with a methodological discussion of their work involving refugee families with young children from Syria.

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Praised as an inspiring and meaningful work, Narrative Inquiry offers strong support for both beginning and experienced readers interested in exploring lived experience. Reviewers highlight its poetic and philosophical approach, grounding narrative inquiry in ethics and opening new paths for research in challenging times. The authors' genuine curiosity guides readers through fresh understandings of how human and non-human relations influence lives over time.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350142046

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 January 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 400g

Pages: 264

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D. Jean Clandinin Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature Sean Lessard Vera Caine

About the Author

Vera Caine is Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta, Canada.

D. Jean Clandinin is Professor Emerita and Founding Director of the Centre for Research for Teacher Education and Development at the University of Alberta, Canada.

Sean Lessard is Associate Professor in the Department of Secondary Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta, Canada.