Chapter Overview
In this unit, we’ll explore how to conduct and write narrative research.
Chapter Materials
- How do we write narrative inquiry?
- What’s the point of writing a story?
- How personal should the story be?
- Should a writer use a local dialect/voice or a standardized academic voice?
- What are our main goals for teaching writing?
- How does having students write stories fit with these goals?
- Narration as Knowledge
- Introduction, Chapters 4 (Fox), 5 (Villanueva), 7 (Anson), and 8 (Tobin)
- Discussion Questions: Narration as Knowledge
- Richard Meyer Stories from the Heart: Teachers and Students Researching Their Literacy Lives (chapter 5: Framing Our Stories)
- Discuss: Framing concept in Meyer’s book
- Guidelines: Methods for Framing Stories
- Guidelines: More Information on Framing Stories
- Task: An Exercise in Framing Stories