Telling the story in the data : narrative writing for doctoral students and qualitative researchers / edited by Caroline Heller ; foreword by David T. Hansen.
Includes bibliographical references at chapter ends, and index.
Contents:
Objective correlative : T. S. Eliot. Garo Saraydarian -- Seminar syllabus : narrative writing for qualitative researchers, spring, 2019 ; Invitations and permissions : consider the meatball / Krysta Betit -- Before, between, and beyond : communicating meaning / Garo Saraydarian -- Finding the story in the data / Denise Mytko -- The river is wide / Rebecca Redlon -- Meaning through journeying / Krysta Betit -- Representational adequacy : bringing my scene to life / Jeanne Lima -- Finding narrative gifts in film / Allison Horváth-Tucker -- Number our days : a study of community / Thelma Goldberg -- Sweetgrass : a chance to feel / Avigail Shimshoni -- Envisioning and embracing / Kat Marsh -- Wrong question and finding and writing the angle of an interview / Kat Marsh -- Circle of trust : vulnerabilities carefully rendered / Rebecca Redlon and Garo Saraydarian -- Appendixes of seminar handouts -- Appendix E. Revision worksheet -- Appendix B. Taming the chaos of your data -- Appendix C. Thoughts on characterization -- Appendix D. Sentiment and sentimentality -- Appendix E. Objective correlative : T. S. Eliot.
Summary:
Traditional dissertations aiming to illuminate the landscapes of education are often too poorly written to have far-reaching readership. This book examines the inner workings of a doctoral course focused on teaching qualitative researchers strong narrative writing. By the time doctoral students finish their dissertation research, bolstered by theoretical grounding and time in the field, they are in a unique position to offer insights about education that should be heard in the public arena, not just during dissertation defenses. For this to happen, doctoral students need to know how to achieve their writerly goals. This book focuses on helping doctoral students and all qualitative researchers do just that. It is also an excellent resource for professors teaching narrative writing. Readers will learn how to use narrative writing to "tell the story in the data" so their research will be read and potentially infuse policy decisions with the complexity such considerations deserve.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.