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Different Schools as Narrative Communities: Identity Narratives in Threefold

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Religious Education, 103 (3): 307-322 (2008)M3: Article; Accession Number: 32744901; ter Avest, Ina 1; Email Address: kh.ter.avest@psy.vu.nl Bakker, Cok 2; Email Address: c.bakker@uu.nl Miedema, Siebren 1; Email Address: s.miedema@psy.vu.nl; Affiliation: 1: VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2: Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Source Info: May/Jun2008, Vol. 103 Issue 3, p307; Subject Term: AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Subject Term: SCHOOLS; Subject Term: TEACHERS; Subject Term: TEACHER-principal relationships; Subject Term: COMMITMENT (Psychology); Subject Term: QUALITATIVE research; Subject Term: IDENTITY (Philosophical concept); Subject Term: GROUPS; Subject Term: NARRATIVES; NAICS/Industry Codes: 611110 Elementary and Secondary Schools; NAICS/Industry Codes: 611699 All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction; Number of Pages: 16p; Document Type: Article.

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The last decade identity is often and very fruitfully conceptualized as “narrative identity.” Neither for individuals nor for groups is identity a given beforehand anymore. On the contrary, identity has to be constructed in an inductive way continuously. Three qualitative research methods are applied to explore in an inductive way the school's narrative identity, combining the individual and the group processes of narrative identity construction. Our data reveal a close relationship between autobiographical critical incidents in teachers' and principals' commitment to the school's identity. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR; Copyright of Religious Education is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts)

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