Narratives in Educational Research

This edited volume focuses on narratives and diverse narrative approaches in the field of education. It discusses the concept of narrative and its boundaries as well as illustrates in detail the many ways of producing and analyzing diverse narrative research materials. Its chapters provide rich examples of oral, written, and visual narratives produced in peer interviews and group discussions as well as via creative writing and photographs. Various narrative ways of analyses are applied. The book reflects on research ethics, the position of the researcher and collaboration between participants and researchers as well as between researchers, also cross-culturally. By exploring and illustrating innovative ways to conduct research on and with narratives in the educational field, the book is a great resource for researchers and students in the field of education, social sciences and humanities.