Narrative Inquiry: research tool and medium for professional development
European Journal of Teacher Education, (2000)Abstract
The development of narrative inquiry focusing on one particular institutional setting is described. There follows a brief delineation of how narrative inquiry in education moved from being a research tool to becoming a vehicle for curriculum, first at the graduate and then at the pre-service level of teacher development. After reference to some theoretical resources for narrative inquiry, criteria and terms developed since 1982 are examined and potential dangers implicit in the inquiry and the need to keep it a rational enterprise are explored.