Imaginal dialogue as a method of narrative inquiry

Ethicality of Narrative Inquiry as a Tool of Knowledge Production in Research

The sociocultural ways of conceptualizing human learning in general education have given rise to various sensitive and time-consuming tools of knowledge production for both the researcher and the researched. The gravity of the situation is more noticeable in narrative inquiry methodology, which has gathered momentum in both general education and second language teacher education (SLTE) because ...

The Narrative Turn and the How of Narrative Inquiry

Anthropological Inquiry and the Limits of Dialogue

In her article "Anthropological Inquiry and the Limits of Dialogue" Kathleen Gallagher analyzes the epistemological and ethical implications created by representations of Self and portrayals of Other in two apparently different ethnographic texts, R.F. Fortune's Sorcerers of Dobu and Kevin Dwyer's Moroccan Dialogues. Specific attention is paid to the authors' portrayal of themselves and the obs...

Iranian TEFL Graduates’ Conceptions of Measurement Error in Research: A Genealogical Narrative Inquiry

The aim of this study is to investigate Iranian TEFL graduates’ conception of measurement error in research. Adopting a sequential explanatory multi-method strategy (Borg, 2009), the researchers analyzed causal and temporal relations in the research narratives elicited from 30 TEFL graduates. Gee’s (1986) framework for identifying narrative discourse units (lines, stanzas, and episodes) was ado...

A Narrative Inquiry Curriculum & Professional Development of Student-Teachers in Farhangian University: Design Curriculum Model

The aim of the present study is to design and validate the narrative inquiry curriculum for professional development of student-teachers in Farhangian university. The model of narrative inquiry curriculum is grounded on the theories of Dewey, Bruner, Schwab, Vygotsky, Donald Schön, Clandinin and Connelly. In this model, learning is a reflective practice and experience-based practice. The studen...