Chapter 15

Narrative Research Design

Submitted To

Dr. Shabana Naveed

Submitted By

Muhammad Waqas Farooq

(L1F22PHDM0002)
 Learning Objectives
 What is Narrative research

 When do you use narrative research

 When do you design narrative research

 Types of narrative designs

 Five Helpful Questions in Determining Your Type of Narrative Study

 Key characteristics of narrative designs

 Potential issues in gathering data

 Steps in conducting a narrative study

 Evaluating narrative research

 What is Narrative Research

Narrative meaning “to tell a story in detail”

Narrative Research described the;

 Lives of individuals/people

 Gathers data through collecting stories

 Reports individual experiences

 Discuss the meaning of individual experiences (Connelly & Clandinin, 1990)

 When Do You Use Narrative Research

 When there are individual/people to tell their stories and you, as a

researcher, as a teacher, want to report them.

 When the stories you gathered followed a chronology order

 When you want to collect practice, specific insights, particulars in the

educational field.
 When Do You Design Narrative Research

 Dr. Jean Clandinin & Connelly introduced the research design into education field back in 1990.

 The process of narrative fieldnotes, writing and structure of narrative study.

 Some trends that helped spread the use of narrative design include;

 teacher reflection,

 teacher knowledge and,

 teacher voicing their experiences.

Types of Narrative Designs
Five Helpful Questions in Determining Your Type
of Narrative Study
Key Characteristics of Narrative Designs
Potential Issues in Gathering Data
Steps in Conducting a Narrative Study
 Evaluating Narrative Research
Keep the focus on single individual (or two)

Report the life experiences of individual as told through their stories

Re-stories the individual stories and tells the story using chronology with a starting,
middle and end.

Describes in some details the context of the story (i.e., the setting the place where it
occurs, the people involved and, so on)

Reports themes (5 to 7) to emerge out of the story

Closely collaborations with the participant out of the story