Critical Narrative as Pedagogy

Ivor Goodson, Scherto Gill

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781623563523
• eBook ISBN: 9781623565404
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Adult Education

Ivor Goodson and Scherto Gill analyse and discuss a series of trans-disciplinary case studies from diverse cultures and argue that narrative is not only a rich and profound way for humans to make sense of their lives, but also in itself a process of pedagogical encounter, learning and transformation. As pedagogic sites, life narratives allow the individual to critically examine their 'scripts' for learning which are encapsulated in their thought processes, discourses, beliefs and values. Goodson and Gill show how narratives can help educators and students shift from a disenfranchised tradition to one of empowerment. This unique book brings together case studies of life narratives as an approach to learning and meaning-making in different disciplines and cultural settings, including teacher education, adult learning, (auto)biographical writing, psychotherapy, intercultural learning and community development. Educators, researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines will find the case studies collected in this book helpful in expanding their understanding of the potential of narrative as a phenomenon, as methodology, and as pedagogy.

Index

Note: The letter ‘n’ following locators refers to notes

action research movement 45

Adler, A. 156

Adler, J. 200, 216

aggression 8

Aiken, N. 169, 170, 171, 173, 176

Alheit, P. 223

alienation 25, 58, 82, 129

Allport, G. 156

ancestor worship 103, 107

ancestral homeland 152

ancestral voices 3, 6, 103–9, 112–13, 115–16, 118–20, 153

African context 106–7

analyses 115–16

authorities 106

autobiographical vignettes 119

auto-ethnography 107

blood memory 104

Chinese context 107

cultural and generational transmission 113–14

developing sense of purpose 114

disavowal of 103

eviction and the stigma 117

examples 108

genealogy of context 106

generative themes 120

identity 114

importance of 151

independent survival 112

independent views 111

inherit narratives 106

juxtaposition of 1...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Contents 
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Towards A Theory of Critical Narrative as Pedagogy
• Individual Autobiographies as Critical Narrative
• Critical Narrative in Diverse Learning Contexts
• Bibliography
• Index
• Imprint