Narrative Inquiry in Music Education : Troubling Certainty

The purpose of this book is to explore the “narrative turn” in music education, to - amine the uses of narrative inquiry for music education, and to cultivate ground for narrative inquiry to seed and ourish alongside other methodological approaches in music education.

I.- Narrative Inquiry: From Story to Method.- Narrative Inquiry in Music Education: Toward ResonantWork.- II.- Prelude: Framing and Re-framing the Narrative Possibilities for Music Education.- Storying the Musical Lifeworld: Illumination Through Narrative Case Study.- Challenges in Storying a Musical Lifeworld - A Commentary.- The Importance of Being Henry.- The Interview as Narrative - A Commentary.- Filtered Through the Lenses of Self: Experiences of Two Preservice Music Teachers.- Layering Analytic Lenses: Considerations for Assessing the Narrative Text in Music Education - A Commentary.- Learning from the Learners: A Cooperating Teacher''s Story.- Nora''s Story and the Mirror of Music Teacher Excellence - A Commentary.- "Everybody Should Be Heard; Everybody Has Got a Story to Tell, or a Song to Sing".- Giving Voice to the Voiceless: Empowerment Through Music - A Commentary.- "G".- Narrative Inquiry as Reflection on Pedagogy - A Commentary.- Stories from the Front.- Narrative Inquiry and Indelible Impressions - A Commentary.- III.- Troubling Certainty: Narrative Possibilities for Music Education.- Charting Narrative Territory.- Postlude.