Taking the middle ground in narrative research: How I adopted a Vygotskian lens in a narrative inquiry into teacher assessment literacy

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    Abstract

    In their seminal book on narrative inquiry, Clandinin and Connelly (2000) posit that the point of departure in narrative inquiry should be lived experience rather than a grand theory as is the case in formalistic inquiry. Simultaneously, Clandinin and Connelly (2000) emphasise the need to generate what the target audience of a study considers meaningful and socially significant findings. In this presentation, I argue that it is possible and probably advisable for novice narrative inquirers to take the middle ground: to combine the principles of narrative inquiry with a compatible grand theory so that the participants’ lived experience remains privileged, while the reader is assured of the study’s “meaning and social significance” (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000, p. 130). To support this argument, I will present some preliminary findings from my PhD project — a narrative inquiry guided by Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory (1978).
    Original languageEnglish
    Publication statusPublished - 2022
    EventInternational Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry 2022 - Online
    Duration: 3 Sept 2023 → …
    https://iaani.org/2022isan/

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry 2022
    Abbreviated titleISAN 2022
    Period3/09/23 → …
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    Keywords

    • narrative inquiry
    • sociocultural theory
    • teacher education
    • assessment

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