AERA Winter Institute

Narrative Inquiry in Social Science Research

Directors:	F. Michael Connelly 
Centre for Teacher Development
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto

Yvonna S. Lincoln
McHarrington Education Center
Texas A & M University

Instructors :	Ming Fang He
Department of Curriculum, Foundations and Research
College of Education, Georgia Southern University

JoAnn Phillion
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
School of Education, Purdue University

Dates: 		February 20 – February 22, 2003

Location:	Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Registration:	US$225.00 (Institute only)

Hotels:		Hotel InterContinental			Quality Hotel Midtown
	220 Bloor Street West			280 Bloor Street West
		Toronto, ON  				Toronto, ON
	M5S 1T8				M5S 1V8
		tel:  	416-960-5200			tel:  416-968-0010
	fax: 	416-960-8269			fax: 416-968-7765
		CN$ 228.88 (inclusive)			CN$111 single/$128 double (inclusive)

This Institute explores the contributions, potential, and concerns of narrative inquiry for social science research.  Narrative as phenomenon (e.g., stories of experience), narrative as method (e.g., narrative forms of research texts), and narrative’s capacity to represent human experience, will be discussed in the Institute.  Being in the field, writing and analyzing field texts, and composing research texts, will be explored.   The role of narrative in descriptive, expositional and argumentative texts will be discussed, as will the complex relationships of narrative researchers to participants, to their audience, and to the understanding and improvement of education more generally.  Large group sessions will be devoted to presentation and discussion of narrative inquiry topics of general methodological interest.  A set of readings will be mailed to participants prior to the Institute.  A narrative inquiry bibliography will be distributed at the Institute. 

Participants are expected to be interested in, or actively engaged in, narrative inquiry, to prepare a research statement and read related material prior to the Institute, to bring relevant field texts and/or research texts to the Institute, and to engage in collaborative small group work.

For complete information, please email Michele Dues at mdues@aera.net, writing Narrative in the subject line.  Deadline for registration:  January 15, 2003.