Abstract

GALVAO, Cecília. Narrativas em educação. Ciência educ. [online]. 2005, vol.11, n.02, pp.327-345. ISSN 1516-7313.

Oral or written narrative can be a strong method of research in education. In this text I shall present the theoretical concept of narrative based on several authors. Narrative analysis is a relevant aspect and is illustrated with stories collected from the research undertaken with teachers at the start of their careers. Two analysis perspectives will be presented, one of which is adopted in the presentation of other stories that help understand the potentialities of narrative in studies with teachers. One of the perspectives is based on a content analysis model that highlights and interprets different moments in the evolution of events, and also corresponding to different discourse meanings. The other perspective is based on a sociolinguistic model of analysis (Labov, 1972/82) that has a more rigid structure but still shows certain discourse characteristics that help analyse it more deeply. I also present three potentialities of narrative - as a process of research in education, as a process of pedagogical reflection, and as a process of teacher education - illustrating these with teachers' accounts.

Keywords : Narrative; Research in Education; Analysis Perspectives; Pedagogical Reflection; Teacher Education.

        · abstract in Portuguese     · text in Portuguese     · Portuguese ( pdf )