Narrative in Teaching, Learning and Research (Critical Issues in Curriculum) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807733997 ISBN 13: 9780807733998

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 1995

Synopsis

A distinguished group of contributors surveys the topics from various perspectives. Part I includes chapters by Philip W. Jackson, Sigrun Gudmundsdottir, Carol Witherell, and Shirley Pendlebury, and looks at narrative in the practice of teaching, while considering the use of stories in organizing teaching and curriculum content and the moral and personal features of teaching that a narrative focus brings to the fore. In Part II, Brian Sutton-Smith, Vivian Gussin Paley, Sophie Haroutunian-Gordon, and Kieran Egan examine narrative’s meaning for the learner, leading us beyond simplistic characterizations of children as "concrete" thinkers whose cognition is radically different from adults’. Part III, with chapters by Michael Huberman, Hunter McEwan, Ivor Goodson, Robert J. Graham, and Nancy Zeller, examines narrative accounts that help teachers make sense of their professional lives; how narrative can bridge the gaps between teachers and others, especially students; the crucial centrality of literature as opposed to other media; the how of storytelling; and the narrative form’s special appropriateness for case reports.

About this title

Synopsis

McEwan and Egan take stock of the turn to narrative in educational research and practice and explore some of the directions that his turn has taken. For this text, they have assembled contributions which survey the topics from various perspectives.

Edition details

• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807733997
• ISBN 13: 9780807733998
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: McEwan Hunter, Egan Kieran