Outline for the article: From Theory to Practice: The Narrative Approach

 

From Theory to Practice: The Narrative Approach

Outline for the article: Dolk, M. & Den Hertog, J. (2008) Narratives in teacher education, Interactive Learning Environments, 16:3, 215-229, DOI: 10.1080/10494820802113970

·         Purpose: To provide an overview of the narrative approach of paradigmatic classroom situations for student teachers within a digital environment.

·         Thesis statement: Student teachers construct meaning by observing, reflecting and analyzing classroom situations within the narrative approach.

·         Audience: Primary Mathematics teachers, student teachers , L2 writing experts

I.             Introduction

II.            MILE

III.          Narratives

IV.          Research and method

V.           Narrative knowledge in teacher education

A.1 Everybody has a story

A.2 Stories about a collective experience are verifiable

A.3 Stories are being negotiated until they are taken as shared

A.4 Stories allow conscious separation of observation and interpretation

A.5 Stories allow student teachers to develop conjured local theories

A.6 Meaningful stories are paradigmatic

A.7 Stories allow student teachers to move between different levels of theoretical formality

A. 8 Stories help student teachers to surpass experiences

VI.          Student teachers’ stories of a specific situation

VII.        A theoretical framework for the transition from telling a story to constructing a narrative

B.1 Observing

B.2 Sharing and discussing observations

B.3 Analyzing

B.4 Reflecting

B.5 Developing narrative knowledge

B.6 Personal didactical theory

B.7 Cycling process

VIII.       Closing remarks

IX.          Notes

X.           Notes on contributors

XI.          References