ENGLISH

Narrative Inquiry in Music Education: Troubling Certainty

By Margaret S. Barrett , Sandra L. Stauffer (auth.) , Sandra L. Stauffer (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2009
ISBN
1402098618, 9781402098611
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4020-9862-8
Open Library ID
OL23238367M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1717039 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
246\244
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-01-26 19:25:26
Arts Education; Methodology of the Social Sciences

Description

This text provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of narrative inquiry approaches to research in music education, and contextualizes this work within the larger conversations of music education research and practice. In an innovative dialogic approach the text is divided into 3 parts, each presenting a different perspective on the uses and purposes of narrative in and for music education. Section I explores the origins of narrative research across a range of fields of inquiry and presents a conception of narrative inquiry as "resonant work". Section II provides 7 examples of narrative inquiry research, each of which is accompanied by a reflective commentary. The commentaries provide an interpretive perspective of the narrative accounts, suggest further questions that arise from the inquiry, and provide insight into the potential uses of the narrative account for the theory and practice of music education. Section III brings together the perspectives of two eminent theorists and practitioners.

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