This document provides an overview of narrative research. It discusses: - What narrative research is, including collecting and telling stories about people's lives and experiences. - How narrative research developed in education, with Clandinin and Connelly first overviewing it in 1990. - Key characteristics of narrative research designs like focusing on individual experiences, chronology of events, life stories, and restorying narratives. - Common techniques in narrative research like interviews, memoirs, letter writing, and analyzing stories for themes.

1. NARRATIVE RESEARCH
Presented to, Dr: Najam Ul Kashif
Presented by,Syeda Tehmina Bukhari.
Subject .Q & Q Research method.
Ph:D 2018-21
Education Dept: IUB

3. Narrative Research

4. What is narrative ?
 The term narrative
comes from “ to narrate”
or “ to tell” (as a story)”
i.e. Harry Potter(novel).
Romeo Juliet(play)

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7.  What is Narrative Research
 In narrative research,
researchers describe the lives of
individuals,
 collect and tell stories about
people’s lives,
 and write narratives of
individual experiences..

8. How did narrative research develop?
 In 1990 Clandinin and Connelly first overview of narrative
research in education.

9. Narrative research in Education
narrative research is conducted
to increase understanding of central issue
related to teaching and learning through
the;
 telling
 and retelling of teacher's
stories.
Example
How do teachers confront, and deal with,
high school students who have drug
problems?

10. How do you use narrative designs?
 When individuals are willing to tell their
stories
 Want to report personal experiences in a
particular setting
 Want a close bond with participants.
 When you have a chronology of events

11. Key characteristics of narrative designs

12. Major Characteristics of Narrative Research
• Experiences of an individual
 social and personal interactions.
• Chronology of experiences
 past,
 present,
 and future experiences/ sequence of events
• Life stories
 first-person,(by the participant)
 oral accounts(interview) of actions.
• Restorying
After telling a story by the individuals about their
experiences, narrative researchers retell (or restory or remap)
the story in their own words.
• Coding the field texts(data) for themes or categories.
• Incorporating the context or setting into the story or
themes.
• Collaboration between the researcher and the participants
in the study, such as negotiating field texts.

14.  Restorying
 The process in which
the researcher gathers
stories; analyzes them
for key elements of the
story such as the time,
place, or plot; and
rewrites the story to
place it in a
chronological
sequence.

15.  Oral history
 A method for collecting data from
participants by asking them to share
their experiences
i.e Interviews

16.  Memorabilia
 Photographs,
 Memory box
 artifacts (antique), etc.

17. Individual Story telling
Telling stories is a part of the data
collection process.

18.  Letter writing
 Engaging the researcher
and participant in a
dialogue.

19.  Autobiographical and
biographical writing
 A biography is a form
of narrative study in
which the researcher
writes and records the
experiences of another
person’s life. Typically,
researchers construct
biographies from
records and archives

20.  Other narrative
data sources
 Documents such as
lesson plans,
newsletters, etc.
 Teaching portfolios
 Personal
philosophies

21. Narrative Research Techniques
Writing the narrative
 The final step in the narrative research process
 The data collected throughout the study finds its
way into the final written account
 The collaboration between the researcher and
participant becomes critical at this point

22. Steps in narrative research
Identify a phenomenon
that addresses
an educational problem
Purposefully select an
individual to learn
about the phenomenon
Write a story about the
participant’s personal
and social experiences
Validate the accuracy of
the report
Collaborate with
participant storyteller in
all phases of research
Restory or retell
The individual’s
storyCollect stories from
the individual that
Reflect personal experience
Have them
Tell story
Collect other
Field texts
Build in past,
Present, future
Build in place
or setting
Describe their
story
Analyze story
for
themes

23. PROCESS .
The narrative research process is a highly personal ,intimate approach to
educational research that demands a high degree of caring and sensitivity
on the part of the researcher.
Identifies a phenomenon to explore, A researcher first identifies a phenomenon
to explore,
selects an individual,
seeks permissions,
and make initial research questions.
 Determine role of researcher
the research site,
 reciprocity,
and ethics
Data collection
 data collection methods
Collaboration
the researcher and participant collaborate to construct the narrative and validate the
accuracy of the story.
Writing narrative
and write the narrative account.

24. To illustrate the steps in planning and conducting narrative research, we build on
the example of our teacher, Hilda.(Gay 2015).
Example:
Hilda, a teacher at High School, has students in
her class who appear "distracted” or under the
influence of drugs.
1. identify the purpose and phenomenon to explore.
 The purpose of the study at High School is to describe Hilda’s experiences in
confronting and dealing with a student who has drug problem.
The specific phenomenon that will be explored is that of adolescent drug use in
high school.
2. Identify an individual who can help you learn about the
phenomenon.
Hilda, a teacher at High School, has volunteered to work collaboratively with the
researcher.

25. 3. Develop initial narrative research
questions.
What have been Hilda’s experiences in
confronting and dealing with a student who
has a drug problem?
What life experiences influence the
Hilda ?

26. 4. Consider the researcher’s role and obtain
necessary permissions.
The researcher should seek permission from
the Institutional Review Board (IRB), as well as any other
permission required by the school or school district.
In addition, the researcher must
ask Hilda to sign an informed consent form.
5. Develop data collection methods
A narrative researcher will utilize a variety of narrative
research data collection techniques,
including interviewing and examining written and
nonwritten sources of data.

27. 6. Collaborate with the research
participant
The researcher and Hilda will
collaboratively participate in
restorying the narrative and then
validating the final written account .
7. Write the narrative account.

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