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Narrative inquiry, the study of experience as story, is a methodology that can enhance our understanding of ourselves as teacher educators, our contexts and our practices. In the International Handbook of Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices, Clandinin and Connelly (2004) stated, "Narrative inquiry is a multi-dimensional exploration of experience involving temporality (past, present and future), interaction (personal and social), and location (place)" (p. 576). Narrative self-study, they suggested, opens up "understandings about participant knowledge" (p. 575).In this chapter, I trace my narrative self-study over 16 years in order to illustrate ways in which personal experience methods employed in narrative inquiry can contribute to deeper understandings of the personal and social dimensions of teaching and teacher education practices. Developing deeper understandings of our "personal practical knowledge" through narrative self-study can provide a solid foundation for improving our practices in the future.Narrative inquiry has been central to my own development as a teacher, educational researcher and teacher educator. I first encountered narrative inquiry in 1992

Author

Julian Kitchen

Publisher

Springer Netherlands

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781402095146

Subjects

Education, Psychology