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Narrative Research: A Comparison of Two Restorying Data Analysis Approaches

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

John W. Creswell

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

People telling stories about their life experiences has rapidly gained legitimacy in educational research. This article presents seven elements of narrative research that represent the aspects of a narrative study and the criteria that might be used to assess the quality of a narrative project. The article focuses on one phase in narrative data analysis: "restorying" or "retelling." By highlighting restorying narrative, researchers can see how an illustrative data set, a science story told by fourth graders about their experiences in their elementary classroom, was applied to two analysis approaches. A comparison of the two narrative approaches, problem-solution and three-dimensional space, shows several common features and distinctions. As narrative researchers decide which approach to use, they might consider whether the story they wish to report is a broader wholistic sketch of the three-dimensional approach or a narrower linear structure of the problem-solution approach.

Key Words: narrative inquiry • narrative analysis • restorying • three-dimensional space approach • problem-solution approach

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