"For any story, any narrative reality can be 'read' in various ways, converted into any genre: comedy, tragedy, romance, irony, autobiography, whatever." - Jerome Bruner 135
*Required Readings and Activities
Module Three: Interpretation, Data Representation and Writing
3.1 Articulates the value of different forms of representation:
story, poetry, graphic organizers, photographs
**A. Readings: Clandinen, Chap 9; Merriam, Chap. 11.
**Eisner, Elliot. 1997. The Promise and Perils of Alternative Forms of Data Representation. Educational Researcher. August-Sept, pp 4 - 10.
**Barone, Tom & Eisner, Elliot. 1997. Arts-Based Educational Research. Complementary methods for reserarch in education, 2nd edition. R. Jaeger, ed. Wasthington, DC: AERA
**Radnofsky, Mary. 1996. Qualitative Models: Visually Representing Complex Data in an Image/Text Balance. Qualitative inquiry. Vol 2. No. 4, pp 385-410.
**Glesne, Corrine. 1997. That Rare Feeling: Re-presenting Research Through Poetic Transcription. Qualitative Inquiry. Vol 3. No. 2, pp. 202-221.
**Denison, Jim. 1996. Sport Narratives. Qualitative Inquiry. Vol 2. No. 3. pp 351-362.
**Ceglowski, Deborah. 1997. That's a Good Story, But Is it REally Research? Qualitative Inquiry, Vol. 3, No. 2. pp. 188-201
B. Web and Other Links:
C. Discussion Starters/Reflective Journal Topics:
**1. Browse through the various Alternative Representations by clicking on the drop down menu. Discuss the elements that are captured by these non-traditional representations. What value do they add to a qualitative study?
**2. In what ways does the Western scientific tradition (also known as positivism) seem to influence your reaction to these representations? How did you learn that the best ways to re-present your data is through graphs and short statements of facts?
D. Experiences/Activities:
**1. Read Mark's introduction to his Diary and Letter and Glenda Mae's introduction to A Pastiche. In what ways do these representations help you understand the people in their studies. How might this knowledge influence your behavior as an administrator in these systems?
E. Portfolio Documentation:
1. Reflections on various philosophical perspectives, highlighting your current position - questions, qualms and quibbles as they relate to the re-presenting of data to various audiences!