questions

do you have any questions, dear colleagues?

quizz:

I hope you discovered more about the narrative research design and found some use in it. Keeping the different types of narrative research design in mind, please go with me see the situation that Maria is facing with this narrative research design (Creswell, 2012, p. 501):

Maria chooses a narrative design for her research project studying the possession of weapons by high school students. Maria’s teacher friend, Millie, has a story to tell about how she encountered a student in the high school who was hiding a weapon in his locker. Maria studies this question: “What is the story of a teacher who found a student hiding a weapon in her high school?” Maria interviews Millie and listens to her stories about her experiences with the student, with other teachers, and with the school principal. The story falls into an easy chronology from the initial incident to the follow-up discussions. To make the story as accurate as possible, Maria collaborates with Millie in writing the story, and she shares the written report as it unfolds. Maria engages in narrative research.

Now, lets answer those questions (Creswell, 2012, p. 505):

Given the many types of narrative studies, what type of narrative research should Maria conduct? As she gathers stories from Millie about her encounter with the student, (a) does Maria or Millie write the story? (b) Is Maria reporting on an entire life or a specific episode? (c) Who provides the story to Maria? (d) Should Maria advocate for weapon control in the school through her narrative study? Answer each of these questions and think through your rationale for answering them. What would you call Maria’s narrative approach as she writes about it in her research study? She would probably use a personal narrative approach. How would you answer each of the questions above to arrive at this approach?

exercice:

Go take a look at the study Living in the Space Between Participant and Researcher as a Narrative Inquirer: Examining Ethnic Identity of Chinese Canadian Students as Conflicting Stories to Live By in page 521 of the textbook.

What are the themes presented in the narrative study?

How do you think this type of study empower its domain of research?