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This chapter describes the narrative inquiry approach. Narrative inquiry has dual purpose as a methodology and a conceptual framework, and generally focuses on stories or narratives or descriptions of a series of events. It is this attention to analyzing and understanding stories lived and told that situates narrative inquiry as a qualitative research methodology. In this chapter, we provide key elements of narrative inquiry as a qualitative research methodology which can help guide scholars towards further examination based upon their purposes and interests with narrative. We outline the brief history, purpose, and methods of narrative inquiry, provide an outline of its process, strengths and limitations, and application, and offer further readings, resources, and suggestions for student engagement activities.
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Kutsyuruba, B., Stasel, R.S. (2023). Narrative Inquiry. In: Okoko, J.M., Tunison, S., Walker, K.D. (eds) Varieties of Qualitative Research Methods. Springer Texts in Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04394-9_51
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