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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458963103321

Titolo

Narrative learning / / Ivor F. Goodson. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-15320-5

1-135-15321-3

1-282-57025-0

9786612570254

0-203-85688-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GoodsonIvor

Disciplina

370.72

374.01

Soggetti

Education - Biographical methods

Education - Methodology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; About the authors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Life, narrative and learning; 2 John Peel; 3 Marie Tuck; 4 Maggie Holman; 5 Diogenes; 6 Christopher; 7 Paul Larsen; 8 Eva; 9 Russell Jackson; 10 Towards a theory of narrative learning; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

What is the role of narrative in how people learn throughout their lives?Are there different patterns and forms of narrativity? How do they influence learning?Based on data gathered for the Learning Lives project, which sought to understand learning by questioning individuals about their life stories, this book seeks to define a new learning theory which focuses on the role of narrative and narration in learning. Through a number of detailed case-studies based on longitudinal interviews conducted over three and four-year periods with a wide range of life story informa