Narrative Inquiry in Practice: Advancing the Knowledge of Teaching (Practitioner Inquiry Series, 22)

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Introduction......Page 12
NARRATIVE: A SCAFFOLD AND A MODE OF INQUIRY......Page 13
PERSISTENT QUESTIONS ABOUT NARRATIVE KNOWING IN TEACHING......Page 15
VALIDITY AS THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF TRUSTWORTHINESS......Page 17
OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK......Page 18
REFERENCES......Page 20
TWO VIGNETTES......Page 22
THE CLAIMS OF NARRATIVE KNOWING IN TEACHING......Page 26
THE KNOWLEDGE OF TEACHING: A CONTESTED DOMAIN......Page 28
SHIFTING THE GROUNDS OF VALIDITY TO TRUSTWORTHINESS......Page 30
NARRATIVE PRACTICES AS EXEMPLARS OF INQUIRY......Page 32
POTENTIAL PROBLEMS......Page 34
REFERENCES......Page 35
PART I: Uncovering Narrative Teaching Practices: A Sampler......Page 40
THE NARRATIVE EXEMPLAR......Page 42
EVIDENCE OF VALUE......Page 48
POTENTIALS AND LIMITATIONS......Page 55
REFERENCES......Page 57
CHAPTER 3: Narratives That Teach: Learning About Teaching from the Stories Teachers Tell......Page 59
METHOD......Page 60
OUTCOMES......Page 63
WHAT IN THE NARRATIVE PROCESS BRINGS ABOUT THESE RESULTS?......Page 67
FINAL THOUGHTS......Page 72
REFERENCES......Page 73
CHAPTER 4: Out of Despair: Reconceptualizing Teaching Through Narrative Practice......Page 74
CONTEXT......Page 75
LEARNING AND THE STORYING OF EXPERIENCE......Page 77
WRITING......Page 78
REFERENCES......Page 85
CHAPTER 5: Teaching Through Relationships and Stories......Page 87
MS. ANDERSON......Page 88
MS. KELLY......Page 91
MR. RIVERA......Page 93
PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES......Page 95
REFERENCES......Page 96
THE PORTFOLIO PRESENTATION NARRATIVE......Page 98
THE PRESENTATION NARRATIVE WITHIN A PORTFOLIO PROCESS......Page 101
THE PORTFOLIO NARRATIVE REVEALS INTENTIONAL PROCESSES......Page 103
PROBLEMATIZING THE PRESENTATION NARRATIVE AS AN EXEMPLAR......Page 109
REFERENCES......Page 111
CHAPTER 7: Using Narrative Teaching Portfolios for Self-Study......Page 112
OUR NARRATIVE TEACHING PORTFOLIOS......Page 113
PART II: DIALOGUE......Page 114
PART III: STUDENT ARTIFACTS......Page 117
PART IV: ALTERNATIVE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PROCESS......Page 122
PART V: FEEDBACK FROM PUBLIC PRESENTATION......Page 123
CONCLUSIONS......Page 124
REFERENCES......Page 125
UNDERLYING CONCEPTUALIZATIONS......Page 126
READING RESPONSE AND BASE GROUPS IN PRESERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION......Page 128
JOURNALING IN IN-SERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION......Page 134
STRENGTHS AND PROBLEMS OF NARRATIVE PRACTICES......Page 138
NOTES......Page 139
REFERENCES......Page 140
PART II: Embedding and Extending Inquiry Through Narrative Research Practices......Page 142
LEARNING TO THINK NARRATIVELY......Page 144
THE EXERCISE AS PRESENTED TO STUDENTS......Page 145
A NARRATIVE EXAMPLE OF A STUDENT’S EXPERIENCE OF THE EXERCISE......Page 147
CHAN’S PRESENTATION OF HE’S DISSERTATION......Page 154
REFERENCES......Page 155
CHAPTER 10: Action Research as Border Crossing: Stories from the Classroom......Page 157
THE ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT......Page 158
MEANING IN CONTEXT: DEVELOPING A DISCOURSE COMMUNITY......Page 159
DOMINANT PRACTICES: VOICE, NARRATIVE, AND AGENCY......Page 161
ACTION RESEARCH AS REFLECTIVE PRACTICE......Page 164
LEARNING TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS......Page 165
HOW VALID IS THE KNOWLEDGE THAT TEACHERS GAIN?......Page 167
CONCLUSION......Page 169
REFERENCES......Page 170
CHAPTER 11: Narrative Research in Teacher Education: New Questions, New Practices......Page 171
DEVELOPING A METHODOLOGY......Page 172
PROCEDURE......Page 174
MEASURES OF PROGRESS......Page 177
CONCLUSION......Page 180
CAVEATS......Page 181
REFERENCES......Page 182
CHAPTER 12: Professional Conversations: New Teachers Explore Teaching Through Conversation, Story, and Narrative......Page 184
BACKGROUND......Page 186
THE CONVERSATION GROUP......Page 188
EMERGING PATTERNS AND QUESTIONS......Page 191
LEARNING ABOUT TEACHING THROUGH CONVERSATION......Page 195
REFERENCES......Page 197
CHAPTER 13: In Conclusion: An Invitation......Page 200
POTENTIAL OF THE EXEMPLARS......Page 201
BEYOND THE EXEMPLARS......Page 205
REFERENCES......Page 209
About the Editors and the Contributors......Page 212
C......Page 216
D......Page 217
H......Page 218
L......Page 219
N......Page 220
P......Page 221
R......Page 222
S......Page 223
W......Page 224
Z......Page 225