Life Stories in Juvenile Corrections Schools: Listening to Female Educators' Voices through Poetry

Presenter Information

Kristin Murphy

Format Type

Paper

Start Date

January 2012

End Date

January 2012

Abstract

Narrative analysis provides women an opportunity to hear and understand their multiplicity of voices and create opportunities to change and improve their lives. The use of poetry in qualitative research allows us to investigate and highlight components of participant voice and story that otherwise may not be revealed. Informed by Labov‟s work on narratives and Gilligan‟s feminist perspective, I explore the use of narrative and poetry to collaboratively construct the stories of women working in various positions in the juvenile corrections school setting with my participants.

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Life Stories in Juvenile Corrections Schools: Listening to Female Educators' Voices through Poetry

Narrative analysis provides women an opportunity to hear and understand their multiplicity of voices and create opportunities to change and improve their lives. The use of poetry in qualitative research allows us to investigate and highlight components of participant voice and story that otherwise may not be revealed. Informed by Labov‟s work on narratives and Gilligan‟s feminist perspective, I explore the use of narrative and poetry to collaboratively construct the stories of women working in various positions in the juvenile corrections school setting with my participants.