Narrative Interviewing: Teaching and Learning Qualitative Inquiry
Location
DeSantis Room 1049
Format Type
Plenary
Format Type
Paper
Start Date
15-1-2020 3:30 PM
End Date
15-1-2020 3:50 PM
Abstract
In this paper, we explore narrative interviewing as a powerful method for inviting novice researchers to experience the process of doing qualitative inquiry. Our theoretical lens stems from Schon, who encouraged adult learners to reflect-in-action, and Dewey’s notions of experience in education. In this vein, we encourage qualitative inquirers to reflect-in-action about their narrative experiences with learning, discovering, and expanding their orientations and engagements with qualitative methodologies. Embracing narrative as a way of knowing, we share an instructional example of narrative interviewing with a doctoral student, Lynn. By illuminating Lynn’s experience, with invite others to consider their own practices with teaching, learning, and doing qualitative inquiry.
Keywords
narrative, interviews, teaching, learning
Narrative Interviewing: Teaching and Learning Qualitative Inquiry
DeSantis Room 1049
In this paper, we explore narrative interviewing as a powerful method for inviting novice researchers to experience the process of doing qualitative inquiry. Our theoretical lens stems from Schon, who encouraged adult learners to reflect-in-action, and Dewey’s notions of experience in education. In this vein, we encourage qualitative inquirers to reflect-in-action about their narrative experiences with learning, discovering, and expanding their orientations and engagements with qualitative methodologies. Embracing narrative as a way of knowing, we share an instructional example of narrative interviewing with a doctoral student, Lynn. By illuminating Lynn’s experience, with invite others to consider their own practices with teaching, learning, and doing qualitative inquiry.