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Title
"I feel that I get by with what I do" - Using narrative as a conceptual tool for understanding social identity |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/10566/55 |
Date
2003 |
Author(s)
McMillan, Wendy |
Abstract
Drawing on a qualitative study of a cohort of final year preprimary teacher
college students, this paper motivates for narrative analysis as a suitable tool
for accessing 'insider accounts' of social reality. Through an analysis of the
voices of these young people, I make the argument that narrative analysis
allows us to develop an explanation of how people interpret their social
locations and personal histories through the discourses and material contexts
to which they have access. I commence by presenting the narrative of
academic performance of one of the social groupings within the cohort. The
material and discursive parameters that framed their narrative account are
outlined. Similarities and differences between individual accounts are
highlighted, and explanations for these similarities and differences posited.
The ways in which multiple social locations nuance identity as nested are
explicated. The paper concludes with a discussion of the potential contribution
of narrative analysis as a conceptual tool for understanding social identity. - The substantial financial support of a SYLFF Fellowship for the research
project upon which this paper is based is gratefully acknowledged. The
financial assistance of National Research Foundation (NRF) towards this
research is hereby acknowledged. |
Subject(s)
Narratives; Social action; Teacher education; South Africa |
Language
en |
Publisher
School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal |
Type of publication
Article |
Rights
Copyright to this resource is held by School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Permission was given for inclusion of the file in the Repository. |
Identifier
McMillan, W. (2003) "I feel that I get by with what I do": Using narrative as a conceptual tool for understanding social identity. Journal of Education, 31:111-136 |
Repository
Cape Town - University of Western Cape
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