The document presents a comprehensive overview of narrative research design, emphasizing its significance in studying individual life stories and experiences. It outlines the characteristics, types, steps involved, and ethical considerations of narrative research, alongside its educational implications. The author, Khadak Raj Adhikari, underscores the importance of this qualitative approach for understanding personal narratives and enriching educational practices.

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Narrative Research Design
By: Khadak Raj Adhikari
Presented by
Khadak Raj Adhikari
M.Phil. Scholar in
Mathematics Education

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Narrative Research Design
• Introduction
• Importance
• Types
• Characteristics
• Steps
• Research Tools
• Ethical Issues
• Validity Issue
• Evaluation
• Educational
Implication
• References

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Introduction
A synonym of the term ‘narrative’ is ‘story’ or
‘history. ‘Narrative’ simply refers to the stories people
tell – the way they ‘organize their experiences into
temporally meaningful episodes’ (Polkinghorne, 1988;
Ellis, 2004).
Narrative research is a design of inquiry from the
humanities in which the researcher studies the lives of
individuals and ask one or more individual to provide
stories about their lives.(Riessman,2008).

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Introduction
• Researcher describes the lives of individual.
• Collects the stories about individual lives.
• Writes narrative of individual experiences.
• In qualitative research design, it is focus on
studying the single person and gather the data
from collection of stories and life experiences.
• Collects the information in chronological order.

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Why Narrative Research Study?
• It is focused on personal information
• Hidden information can be carried out.
• It is important for historical prospective.
• It is emerging.
• Explores educational research
problems by analysing the experience
of a individual.

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Types of NR Research design
• Autobiography
• Biography
• Personal Accounts
• Personal
Narratives
• Narrative Interview
• Personal

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Characteristics
• Individual experiences and stories
• Chronology of experiences
• Collaboration with participants
• Retelling the individual story in sequential
order
• Coding the data from the stories in to
theme to add depth and insight.

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Steps of NR Research Design
Identify the
phenomenon
Collect the
stories
Select the
individual
Arrange in
chronological order
Collaborate
with the
participants
Write the
story
Validate
the story
NR Final
Report

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Research Tools
• Observation
• Life story
• Biography
• Life
experiences

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Ethical Issue
• Stories may be untrue
• Events may destroy from participants
memory
• Too horrific to tell story.
• Author may lose the voice of participant.
• Participants may fear to tell the story.
• By external pressure participants may hide
the correct story.

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Validity of NR Research Design
• Aware of ethical issues
• Use of quotes and precise
language
• Data should be taken from
multiple sources(Triangulation of
data)
• Include multiple field texts(Source)

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Evaluation of NR Research Design
• Focus on single individual
• Report the life experiences of individual
through stories
• Restore the stories in chronological order
• Describe the some details setting of the
theory
• Collaborate with the participants to reflect
the theory

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Educational Implication
• Increase teachers
reflection in classroom
• More attention is given what teachers know,
how they think and how they make
classroom decision.
• Teachers story empower the students to talk
about their experiences.

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References
• Qualitative Research design(Creswell book pdf)
• https://www.slideshare.net/RahilaKhan6/narrative
-research-design
• https://www.slideshare.net/RahilaKhan6/narrative
-research-design
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfc-akqgNn8
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpaHoEZ8BEY

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Thank You!!