Wells, Kathleen
Narrative Inquiry
- ISBN 13:
- 9780195385793
- author:
- Wells, Kathleen
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press, USA
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 176
- Dimensions:
- 144 mm X 208 mm
- Genre:
- Social Work Textbook
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Narrative Inquiry: A Guide to Understanding Personal Stories. This pocket guide introduces narrative inquiry, a research method that examines the structure and content of stories in relation to psychological, sociological, or historical contexts. It focuses on one particular design, the case study design, providing a framework for collecting and analyzing data from personal experiences. The book explores how audio recordings of interviews can be transcribed and analyzed using various frameworks, including critical narrative analysis and contextual discursive analysis. It also addresses issues related to validity, reflexivity, and ethics in narrative inquiry, as well as provides appendices with summaries of narrative analytic methods and a guide for developing research proposals. With numerous examples from research conducted around the English-speaking world, this guide offers a reader-friendly introduction to narrative inquiry, making it an essential resource for researchers and students.