Lives in Context
The Art of Life History Research
1st Edition
Published on 30. July 2001
1 pages
979-8-7651-8804-0 (ISBN)
Description
The reflexive turn in qualitative research has transformed the process of doing life history research. No longer are research subjects examined through the lens of the all-knowing but supposedly invisible researcher. As Ardra Cole and Gary Knowles point out in this fresh introduction to conducting life history research, the process is now one of mutuality, empathy, sensitivity and caring. The authors carry the novice researcher through the steps of conducting life history research-from conceptualizing the project to the various means of presenting results-with an eye toward understanding the complex relationship between participant and researcher and how that shapes the project. In addition to examples from their own research, Cole and Knowles bring in the work of a dozen novice researchers who explain the challenges they faced in developing their own life history projects in a wide variety of settings. Well written, interesting, and pedagogically sound, Lives in Context is the ideal text for teaching life history research to students and an important reference for the bookshelf of all qualitative researchers.
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Andra L. Coles and J. Gary Knowles are both educational researchers at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
Content
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Beginnings: Reseraching the Professor: Thomas
Part 3 Exploring Method
Chapter 4 What is Life History Research
Chapter 5 Principles Guiding Life History Researching
Chapter 6 Beginning a Life History Research Project
Chapter 7 "Doing" Life History Research
Chapter 8 Preparing to Make Sense of Gathered Life History Information
Chapter 9 Making Sense of and Representing Lives-in-Context
Part 10 Experiencing Method
Chapter 11 Lessons from Nurses' Lives
Chapter 12 Responsibilities to Community: Relationality and Mutality with Home-educating Families
Chapter 13 Research as Relationship
Chapter 14 Fidelity and Ethical Ideals
Chapter 15 Telling "Inside" Stories: The Paradox of Researcher Privilege
Chapter 16 "Going Deep": Intersecting of Self as Researcher and Researched
Chapter 17 A Life History as Artistic Interpretation
Chapter 18 Reflections on "Our Stories": Women in Cardiac Rehabilitation
Chapter 19 Researching First Nations' Educators through Presence, Collaboration, and Advocacy
Chapter 20 Compelled to Honor Privacy: Reflections from Researching in a Nursing Home
Chapter 21 Insights and Inspiration from an Artist's Work: Envisioning and Portraying Lives in Context
Chapter 22 Re-reading "Anne": Using Images in an Artful Inquiry
Chapter 23 Moments in Time
Chapter 24 Endings: Writing the Professor, Thomas
Chapter 25 References
Chapter 26 Index
Chapter 27 About the Authors
Chapter 2 Beginnings: Reseraching the Professor: Thomas
Part 3 Exploring Method
Chapter 4 What is Life History Research
Chapter 5 Principles Guiding Life History Researching
Chapter 6 Beginning a Life History Research Project
Chapter 7 "Doing" Life History Research
Chapter 8 Preparing to Make Sense of Gathered Life History Information
Chapter 9 Making Sense of and Representing Lives-in-Context
Part 10 Experiencing Method
Chapter 11 Lessons from Nurses' Lives
Chapter 12 Responsibilities to Community: Relationality and Mutality with Home-educating Families
Chapter 13 Research as Relationship
Chapter 14 Fidelity and Ethical Ideals
Chapter 15 Telling "Inside" Stories: The Paradox of Researcher Privilege
Chapter 16 "Going Deep": Intersecting of Self as Researcher and Researched
Chapter 17 A Life History as Artistic Interpretation
Chapter 18 Reflections on "Our Stories": Women in Cardiac Rehabilitation
Chapter 19 Researching First Nations' Educators through Presence, Collaboration, and Advocacy
Chapter 20 Compelled to Honor Privacy: Reflections from Researching in a Nursing Home
Chapter 21 Insights and Inspiration from an Artist's Work: Envisioning and Portraying Lives in Context
Chapter 22 Re-reading "Anne": Using Images in an Artful Inquiry
Chapter 23 Moments in Time
Chapter 24 Endings: Writing the Professor, Thomas
Chapter 25 References
Chapter 26 Index
Chapter 27 About the Authors
