A Narrative Approach to Qualitative Inquiry

Generalization from Qualitative Inquiry 1 Generalization from Qualitative Inquiry

Qualitative inquiries normally take pains to make clear that they are not generalizable" (Kilbourn, 2006, p. 534). I disagree that this is or should be the norm for qualitative research in education. In this article, I discuss the kinds of generalization that come from qualitative inquiry. I argue that there are several well-established means of in which warranted generalizations can be produce...

A Narrative Approach to Research

In this paper I present a narrative approach to environmental education research. This approach evolved through a dynamic interplay between research questions, theory, experience, conversation, and reflection. I situate the approach with respect to narrative inquiry and clarify the key conceptual metaphors underpinning my study, including “story,” “narrative,” and “metaphor.” I then discuss the...

The Narrative Turn and the How of Narrative Inquiry

Narrative Inquiry: An Interview With Michael Bamberg

Europe's Journal of Psychology, 2016, Vol. 12(1), 14–28, doi:10.5964/ejop.v12i1.1128 Published (VoR): 2016-02-29. *Corresponding author at: Clark University, Department of Psychology, Worcester, MA 01610-1477, USA. E-mail: [email protected] This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which...

Narrative Structure in Inquiry-based Learning

Our goal with this paper is three-fold. We want to increase awareness of inquiry-based learning by presenting the strategy we use to develop and implement lessons and activities. We describe our approach to structuring lessons in mathematics in a way that engages the students by using language and constructs they are familiar with from other non-science classes. Finally, we include samples from...