Using Narrative in Research
- Christine Bold - Liverpool Hope University, UK
Christine Bold's book examines narrative approaches across a range of research contexts and disciplinary boundaries and will be of equal value to practitioners and academic students and researchers alike.
Drawing on a range of real-life examples of narrative studies, Using Narrative in Research will enable readers to provide a sound justification for adopting a narrative-based approach and will help them to write about and write up narrative in research.
This book examines:
• How we design research projects with a narrative approach
• Ethics
• Narrative thinking
• Collecting narrative data
• Analysing narrative data
• Representation in narrative analysis
• Reporting and writing up narrative research.
Really like this book, well written. Just it is a bit marginal as a method as yet.
I have used this book in my teacher education course and the feedback I got from my students is that it is essential material for the course. Next year I will include it into my course as an essential requirement.
A very useful overview of the methodology used in narrative research, including various research strategies.
This is a clear and concise guide to using narrative as an approach to research. The postgraduate students I work with who are using this technique have found the text key in the formation of their thinking. A fantastic resources!
This is a very informative text for anybody wishing to explore narrative research. It provides useful information on how to undertake narrative research and is supported by reference to other useful books and research texts.
This is an excellent, thought provoking and stimulating text for any student or researcher wishing to engage in narrative research.
This text offers a rare insight into professional practice through the use of narrative research. An escellent book for new researchers looking for an example of social research in practice
Christine Bold has highlighted some interesting issues that can arise as a result of conducing narrative research. At the same time, Bold has described some useful strategies with examples for students and researchers who are involved in Narrative research
A very useful introduction to a research methodology that fits well with how humans learn and make sense of the universe.
A very readable introduction which provides a good overview of narrative research. Includes some helpful examples.
