Telling stories is a natural part of life, and individuals all have stories about their experiences to tell others.
In this way, narrative research captures an everyday, normal form of data that is familiar to individuals.
(Creswell, 2012, p. 502)
”This design involves drawing portraits of individuals and documenting their voices and their visions within a social and cultural context” (definiton) (Lawrence-Lightfoot & Davis, 1997, in Creswell, 2012, p. 503).
key characteristics
1-qualitative research
2-study a single person
3-data are collected via stories
4- is written in literary form
more about the individual
-provides a microanalytic picture
-usually one person, but can be maximum two
-individual willing to tell their story
-participant purposefully selected according to the research inquiry
more about the stories
-stories of personal experiences
-follows a chronology of events
-the social and cultural context is taken into account
”the literature review plays a minor role, especially in directing the research questions, and the inquirer emphasizes the importance of learning from participants in a setting”( Creswell, 2012, p. 505).
how it developed?
-still developing
-embraces all of the human sciences
-started within the field of education in 1990 with Connelly and Clandinin
-in 1993, Cortazzi added three factors. For him, this type of research: increases emphasis on teachers’ reflection and knowledge, and empowers the teachers’ voice
narrative research design 