Transcript NARRATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN Karen Hopkins Kristi Norman Yvonne Johnson EDRM 600 Colorado State University Dr. Karen Kaminski NARRATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN Background • • • What is it? When do I use it? Who uses.

NARRATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN
Karen Hopkins
Kristi Norman
Yvonne Johnson
EDRM 600
Colorado State University
Dr. Karen Kaminski
NARRATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN
Background
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What is it?
When do I use it?
Who uses it?
(Ehrlich, Flexner, Carruth, & Hawkins, 1980; Czarniawska, 2004
as cited in Creswell, 2007; Creswell, 2011; Colostate.edu, 1993-2012)
NARRATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN
Qualitative
Narrative
Research problem
explore and understand
understand and represent
Literature review
minor role
justifies the problem
focus on person’s experience
minimize use of literature
Purpose statement &
Research questions
broad and general
explore meaning of their exp.
Collect data
use protocols
collect field texts
Analyze and interpret
text analysis
describe information
situate findings in
larger meaning
researcher retells story
identify themes/categories
situate story in place or setting
chronological : past, present, future
Write and evaluate
biased approach
collaborate with participant
accuracy, depth, realism of the
account
(Creswell, J., 2011)
TYPES OF NARRATIVE RESEARCH FORMS
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Biography
Autobiography
Ethnohistory
Oral history
Life writings are first hand stories and accounts of individuals and their relationship with society.
Personal narratives are memories of an incident that is important in the person’s life,
e.g. a car wreck, birth of child.
Ethnobiography is used to learn about and understand culture.
Person-centered ethnography is the relationship a person has with their sociocultural environment.
STEPS IN CONDUCTING NARRATIVE RESEARCH
 Identify
research problem
 Select participant
 Collect story
 Restory
 Collaborate with participant
 Write story
 Validate accuracy of report
(Creswell, J., 2012, pp. 513-516)
NARRATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN
Getting started
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Record interview
Transcribe story
Retranscription by researcher
Restory by the researcher
EXAMPLE OF THE PROCESS
Transcript:
Well, I know it wasn’t the first time but I remember this one most vividly. Almost…about a year
ago, I had been trying to quit and I hadn’t smoked for about, I’d say about a moth or more, It
think I just didn’t‘ want to do it anymore. There was this guy that I liked at McDonald’s, but he
didn’t like me, he liked my best friend. We all worked at McDonald’s after school until close.
Oh, wow, I had nicotine fits a lot. Sometimes you get shaky.
Retranscipton:
about a year ago, [s] I [c] had been trying to quit and I hadn’t smoked for about, I just didn’t want
to do it anymore [p] was this guy [c], that I liked [a] at McDonald’s [s], but he didn’t like me, he
liked my best friend [c] I had nicotine fits [c] a lot. You get shaky [a].
Restory by the Researcher:
A year ago, I worked at McDonald’s and I didn’t buy cigarettes for about a month
I had nicotine fits
I got shaky
Setting [s]
Character [c]
Actions [a]
Problem [p]
Resolution [r]
(Creswell, 2010, p. 510)
EVALUATING YOUR RESEARCH
Keep focus on one participant (or two)
 Report their experience through their story
 Retell story chronologically
 Describe context in detail
 Report themes (typically 5-7)
 Collaborate with participant
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(Creswell, 2012, p. 516)
NARRATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN
Dilemmas in Narrative Research
•Authentic
•Recall
•Fear of retribution
•Story ownership
(Creswell, 2012, p. 512)
NARRATIVE INQUIRY EXAMPLE
I Wonder if They Had Ever Seen a Black Man Before?
(Boske, 2010)
RESOURCES
Introduction to Methods of Qualitative Research Narrative Research
(Campbell, 2011)
Writing @ CSU
Colostate.edu, 2012
RESOURCES
(Keats, 2009)
(Meyer, 1996)
(Creswell, 2007)
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Boston, MA: Pearson
Creswell, J. W. (2007) Qualitative inquiry & research design: Choosing among five approaches. p. 54. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
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