Engaging in Narrative Inquiry 2nd Edition

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Needed book for school. Very helpful

It provides a comprehensive overview. It is easy to read.I use it as one of my guide in designing a narrative research

This is an essential text for narrative inquiry. Full of explication, good examples, and updated theory, this small but important book will help guide researchers seeking the best approach to this method.

It is a great book for my research

Great product, great seller, my highest recommendation, would do business with them again without hesitation"

A gem for anyone interested in narrative inquiry as a research methodology. The examples shared flesh out the theory perfectly.

Comprehensive, useful, and reader-friendly!

This is what I need.

I have been reading a lot of Clandinin's works lately - particularly the ones that she co-wrote with Michael Connelly. Although I find the idea of narrative inquiry intriguing, this is THE book that finally convinces me that narrative inquiry is indeed a valid research methodology. Clandinin's previous works described WHAT narrative inquiry is in great depth and detail, but if you're serious about knowing HOW narrative inquiry should be done - this is the book that you should read.In this book, Clandinin explicated the steps and processes for narrative inquiry - answering the big question: what does a narrative inquirer do? In addition to that, she also provides exemplars and critical analysis or 'unpacking' of each of the exemplar. I find this to be extremely helpful in aiding my understanding of not only how narrative inquiries are done, but also how they are presented as a research text.Reading this book opens up a whole new dimension for me - I have to unlearn and relearn everything that I have ever learned about research methodology. It's a subject that's rife with new terminology often meant to substitute the ones commonly used in conventional research e.g. 'field text' instead of 'data', 'research puzzles' instead of 'research questions', 'landscape' to describe 'field', 'story to live by' in place of 'identity', the preference of 'conversation' over 'interview.' Narrative inquiry searches for 'resonance' in 'narrative threads' instead of 'common themes' or 'emerging themes.' Clandinin stated that narrative inquiry is not interested in finding answers to questions, it's more "towards wondering about and imagining possibilities." In narrative inquiry, objectivity is not important (whaat???) and certainty is not a goal (seriously???)My first impression? I think the only way for a beginning researcher like myself to remain absolutely neutral about narrative inquiry as a method is to stay away from it as far as possible. You can know that it exists, you know that it's out there and there are people who are adopting it as a methodology for their research. But once you dig deeper, once you indulge in it, I believe it would be almost impossible to remain neutral about it. Delving into narrative inquiry would leave you with only two choices - either you'll fall in love with it to the point of obsession, OR you'll hate it so much and think it's rubbish.I'm obsessed. There's no turning back. (Consider yourself warned :D )

Just what the doctor ordered. Very straightforward, informative and helpful/