Narrative inquiry in physical education research: the story so far and its future promise
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2015
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Dowling, F.
Garrett, R.
Hunter, L.
Wrench, A.
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Sport, Education and Society, 2015; 20(7):924-940
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At a recent international education conference, current life history and narrative research within Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) was criticised for its seeming inability to ‘produce anything new’ and for lacking ‘rigour’. This paper aims to respond to the criticism and to reassert the strengths of narrative inquiry in the current moment. It maps out narrative and life history research (published in English) carried out in PETE, illuminating a spectrum of narrative approaches and a richness of theoretical perspectives. It underscores the need for PETE scholars to acknowledge the broad range of philosophical assumptions about knowledge and how we come to know as this underpins all research, whether carried out within a qualitative or quantitative research tradition, and to develop a climate of mutual respect for these various positions if we are to avoid stagnation, hegemony or blind spots in our research agendas.
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Link to a related website: https://nih.brage.unit.no/nih-xmlui/bitstream/11250/284485/1/DowlingSportEduSoc2013%202.pdf, Open Access via Unpaywall
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