Description
Product ID: | 9781452282787 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Understanding Narrative Inquiry |
Subtitle: | The Crafting and Analysis of Stories as Research |
Authors: | Author: Jeong-Hee Kim |
Page Count: | 368 |
Subjects: | Research methods: general, Research methods: general, Social research and statistics, Social research & statistics |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Rich in stories from the author's own research, and examples of graduate students' research dilemmas, this book is a both theoretical and practical guide to all aspects of narrative inquiry. This comprehensive, thought-provoking introduction to narrative inquiry in the social and human sciences guides readers through the entire narrative inquiry process—from locating narrative inquiry in the interdisciplinary context, through the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings, to narrative research design, data collection (excavating stories), data analysis and interpretation, and theorizing narrative meaning. Six extracts from exemplary studies, together with questions for discussion, are provided to show how to put theory into practice. Rich in stories from the author''s own research endeavors and incorporating chapter-opening vignettes that illustrate a graduate student''s research dilemma, the book not only accompanies readers through the complex process of narrative inquiry with ample examples, but also helps raise their consciousness about what it means to be a qualitative researcher and a narrative inquirer in particular. |
Imprint Name: | SAGE Publications Inc |
Publisher Name: | SAGE Publications Inc |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2015-05-19 |