Methods of a Narrative Inquirist: Storying the Endured Teacher Identity

Authors

Taylor A. Norman, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2020

Publication Title

The Qualitative Report

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2020.4320

ISSN

1052-0147

Abstract

While I was a young English language arts teacher, my teacher identity matured in a nurturing environment cultivated by my veteran colleagues. Finding that this is not the common narrative told by beginning teachers (Alsup, 2019, 2006; Danielewicz, 2001), I wondered what impact sharing the stories of my veteran colleagues could have on young teachers. The purpose of this paper is to explain why narrative inquiry fit the parameters of this particular inquiry, what methods were utilized and how the project was constructed. Like Spector-Mersel (2011), I intend to describe my use of narrative inquiry to expand its conceptual and methodological definitions.

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Recommended Citation

Norman, Taylor A.. 2020. "Methods of a Narrative Inquirist: Storying the Endured Teacher Identity." The Qualitative Report, 25 (11): 3962-3975: Nova Southeastern University. doi: 10.46743/2160-3715/2020.4320
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/teach-secondary-facpubs/205