{"product_id":"narrative-learning-ivor-f-goodson-9780415488945","title":"Narrative Learning","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is the role of narrative in how people learn throughout their lives?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre there different patterns and forms of narrativity? How do they influence learning?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on data gathered for the \u003cem\u003eLearning Lives\u003c\/em\u003e 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 informants, \u003cem\u003eNarrative Learning\u003c\/em\u003e highlights the role of narrative and narration in an individual's learning and understanding of how they act in the world. The authors explore a domain of learning and human subjectivity which is vital but currently unexplored in learning and teaching and seek to re-position learning within the ongoing preoccupation with identity and agency. The 'interior conversations' whereby a person defines their personal thoughts and courses of action and creates their own stories and life missions, is situated at the heart of a person's map of learning and understanding of their place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe insights presented seek to show that most people spend a significant amount of time rehearsing and recounting their life-story, which becomes a strong influence on their actions and agency, and an important site of learning in itself. \u003cem\u003eNarrative Learning\u003c\/em\u003e seeks to shift the focus of learning from the prescriptivism of a strongly defined curriculum to accommodate personal narrative styles and thereby encourage engagement and motivation in the learning process. Hence the book has radical and far-reaching implications for existing Governmental policies on school curriculum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book will be of particular interest to professionals, educational researchers, policy-makers, undergraduate and postgraduate learners and all of those involved with education theory, CPD, adult education and lifelong learning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ivor F. Goodson, Gert Biesta, Michael Tedder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 041548894X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415488945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.40d","brand":"Ivor F. Goodson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919720022271,"sku":"9780415488945","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_83f55187-129d-425e-94f1-024523cb6eef.jpg?v=1680811514","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/narrative-learning-ivor-f-goodson-9780415488945","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}