Critical Narrative as Pedagogy

Ivor Goodson is Professor of Learning Theory at the Education Research Centre, University of Brighton, UK. He also holds the Joss Owen Professorship (Chair of Education) at the University of Plymouth. His recent books include: Narrative Learning (2010); Investigating the Teacher's Life and Work (2008), and Professional Knowledge, Professional Lives (2003).Scherto Gill is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Sussex's Department of Education, UK. She convenes, teaches and tutors the Person-Centred Education programme as part of the MA in Education Studies. Her teaching is about supporting students in exploring their own journeys of learning and research inquiry and helping them to become confident educational researchers and practitioners.

• IntroductionPART ONE: MAPPING THE LANDSCAPE FOR CRITICAL NARRATIVEChapter One: Mapping the Field of Critical Narrative by S. R. GillChapter Two: Reframing the Critical by S. R. GillChapter Three: Critical Narrative as Pedagogy by S. R. GillPART TWO: INDIVIDUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AS CRITICAL NARRATIVEChapter Four: Ancestral Voices by I. F. GoodsonChapter Five: Defining the Self through Autobiographical Memory by I. F. GoodsonChapter Six: Developing Life Themes by I. F. GoodsonPART THREE: CRITICAL NARRATIVE IN DIVERSE LEARNING CONTEXTSChapter Seven: From Demonising to Humanising: Transforming Memories of Violence to Stories of Peace by S. R. GillChapter Eight: The Healing Power of Narrative — Learning from Listening and Telling Our Stories by S. R. Gill with M. Cantacuzino, D. Grant and P. MilesChapter Nine: Biographical learning — Critical dialogue and praxis by S. R. Gill BibliographyIndex

A wonderful resource for teachers and students to explore narrative processes that can lead to meaningful change and development in any learning environment ... Critical Narrative as Pedagogy is likely to be of interest to educators, researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines those who are exploring different pedagogical approaches to education. Educators and students alike will find the case studies collected in this book helpful in expanding their understanding of the potential of critical narrative as a pedagogical approach.