Negotiating Learning through Stories: Mature Women, VET and Narrative Inquiry

Autor/in	Daniels, Jeannie
Titel	Negotiating Learning through Stories: Mature Women, VET and Narrative Inquiry
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 48 (2008) 1, S.93-107 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1394
Schlagwörter	Females; Ethics; Womens Education; Interviews; Vocational Education; Adults; Personal Narratives; Inquiry; Research Methodology; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Ethik; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Erlebniserzählung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	This paper explains my choice of narrative inquiry as a methodological approach in my recently completed PhD study. My research investigated learning experiences of mature women learners in VET. Notions of learning as negotiated lived experience called for a methodological approach that privileged the learner's perspective and opened space in which alternative notions of learning might emerge. From interviews with twelve mature women, I explain how I use stories of learning to understand how these women, as learners with distinct yet diverse life experiences, contextualise their everyday into their VET learning. Some ethical considerations in using other people's stories in narrative research are also identified. I argue for the use of stories to research women's understandings of their VET learning and to reconceptualise learning as an ongoing and integrated process that must be understood within the everyday contexts of women's lives. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10