Understanding Chinese Families' Cultural Identities and Their Children's Mathematics Learning through a Narrative Approach

Title
Understanding Chinese Families' Cultural Identities and Their Children's Mathematics Learning through a Narrative Approach
Publication Date
2016
Author(s)
Mok, Angel
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1090-8920
Email: mmok2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:mmok2
Type of document
Entry In Reference Work
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd
Place of publication
London, United Kingdom
Edition
1
DOI
10.4135/9781473962231
UNE publication id
une:21628
Abstract
We make sense of experiences of our own and others through different forms of stories - movies, TV dramas, documentaries, books, songs, as well as stories that are told and re-told within our families and cultures. Our experiences are fragmented and happen in different places over the course of our lives. By putting stories together in a plot, we give meanings to our past. In the field of research, narrative approach has been used in conducting studies in different disciplines. It allows readers to understand the experiences of the participants in the context in which the experiences happen. It also addresses the change of experiences over a period of time. There are concerns that since our memories fade, the stories we are told by research participants cannot be trusted. By sharing the process of data collection and analysis in a research study that examined participants' lived experiences, this article aims to demonstrates how the issue of validity can be addressed. It also discusses how researcher may impact on the analysis of the data and as such his or her position needs to be fore-grounded.
Link
Citation
SAGE Research Methods Cases, p. 1-14
ISBN
9781473962231
Start page
1
End page
14

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