Teaching and Transforming Through Stories: An Exploration of Macro- and Micro-Narratives as Teaching Tools

Devine, Jaclyn R.; Quinn, Todd; Aguilar, Paulita

doi:10.1080/02763877.2014.939537

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“…This article has utilised an extract from a qualitative interview which formed part of wider research study focussing on social work students' experience of grief and bereavement (Turner and Price, 2021). The article compares the extract with 'micro narrative' which Devine & Quinn (2014) describe as ''stories that are uniquely relevant to members of a particular group,' applicable in creating 'meaningful … learning experiences' ' (p.273). Whilst the story is only a small fragment of a longer research interview, and therefore limited, the article argues that it nevertheless contains meaningful lessons for social work with dying people and their families.…”

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“…They cannot come to that point…' Ado's 'story of the pebble' reproduced here, forms a distinctive and discrete part of his wider research interview. With its parable-like quality the account resonates with Devine and Quinn's (2014) definition of a micro narrative in offering lessons that are 'uniquely relevant to members of a particular group.' In the 'story of the pebble,' this group is primarily practitioners working with dying people and their families, although there are also lessons for social work practitioners in other settings and contexts.…”

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‘You Took me Back to the sea:’ Using Narrative to Explore and Inform the Practice of Social Work with Dying People

Turner

2022

Illness, Crisis & Loss

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This article centres on a qualitative interview extract, the ‘Story of the Pebble’, in which a West African Hospital Social Worker Ado, working in a UK context, and identifying as a Shaman, describes successfully trusting his instincts to create a symbol for a dying patient. Despite criticisms from colleagues, Ado's capacity to understand his patients needs are justified both before and after her death. The article discusses significant themes from the interview extract, including the meaning of professionalism, practice wisdom and cultural influences in a UK social work context, as well as through Ado's heritage and identification as a Shaman. The article considers holistic patient care in a medical context and suggests this has some useful lessons for social workers, particularly those involved with dying people. Although the extract, and wider research study from which it is drawn, pre-date the Covid 19 pandemic, this is referenced throughout, linking the interview extract to ways of helping practitioners and educators to consider people holistically at end of life.

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‘You Took me Back to the sea:’ Using Narrative to Explore and Inform the Practice of Social Work with Dying People

Turner

2022

Illness, Crisis & Loss

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“…Outlined through an analysis of Qatari women’s micro-practices around clothing, the author illustrates how the modification, adjustment, and removal of hijabs may indeed create space to exercise agency in novel ways. Micro-narratives, one aspect of micro-practices, can moreover be understood as stories that “are created in groups … and are uniquely relevant to the members of those groups” (Devine, Quinn, & Aguilar, 2014, p. 274). They are particularly useful for capturing how practices of self-transformation function as social spaces where discourses are negotiated and tested (Friis Søgaard, Kolind, Thylstrup, & Deuchar, 2016).…”

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Female Nationalist Activism in Japan: Truth-Telling Through Everyday Micro-Practices

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Hagström

2022

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There is an emerging debate about the role and importance of women in right-wing nationalist movements. Drawing on research that highlights the need to study such women as active and complex political agents, this article examines a phenomenon that has previously received little attention—the activism of female Japanese nationalists. We approach the question of how such activism is practiced by analyzing a group interview with female nationalists, a nationalist manga centering on women’s experiences, and autobiographic books on such activism by and for Japanese women. The article contributes by arguing that female nationalist agency in Japan is a complex phenomenon, which is enacted through everyday micro-practices. It outlines how female nationalist activism draws upon and enhances, as well as challenges and transcends, a traditional Japanese “housewife identity.” As such, the female Japanese nationalist is imagined as having access to certain truths. She takes on the role of “truth-teller,” who is playing a strategic role in “waking people up” to the nationalist cause by voicing anger but also making space for a more “joyful,” “cute,” and inconspicuous everyday activism.

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“…Over the years, fictitious narratives, use of metaphors, and storytelling have grown in value and validity as expressive writing formats for examination of life episodes and identity (Barone;2007, Baumeister & Newman, 1994Bochner, 2001;Bochner & Ellis, 2002;Boje, 2001;Bruner, 2004;Caine & Steeves, 2009;Ceglowski, 1997;Clandinin & Connelly, 2000;Clandinin & Huber, 2002;Connelly & Clandinin, 1990;Coulter, 2009;Coulter & Smith, 2009;Craig, 2018;Denzin, 2000;Devine, Quinn, & Aguilar, 2014;Eisner, 1993;Gabriel, 1991Gabriel, , 2000Humle, 2014;Kligyte, 2011;Linde, 2009;McDonald, 2009McDonald, , 2012McDonald, , 2013McDonald, , 2016aMcDonald, , 2016bMcDonald et al, 2016;McDonald et al, under review;Smith & Sparkes, 2008;Sparkes, 2003).…”

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If I Only Had a Brain: Scholarly Identity at Oddz in the World of Academia

McDonald¹

2019

Proceedings of the 2019 AERA Annual Meeting

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I appreciate how stories, metaphorical imagery, and fiction incite creative, playful thinking and writing when describing perceptions of my identity and place in the academic world. For the purpose of this chapter, I illustrate encounters in academia (i.e., challenges and successes) through a parallel story line and common archetypes found in the well-known book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Baum, 1900) and classic movieThe Wizard of Oz (LeRoy, Fleming, Vidor, Cukor, & Taurog, 1939). Perfect pastiche.The Wizard of Oz is a timeless story where a young woman, Dorothy, seeking her place in the world, gets caught in a tornado that propels her into the colorful, dreamlike, and surreal setting of Oz, a very different place than her humdrum farm home in Kansas (Baum, 1900;LeRoy et al., 1939). In Oz, Dorothy and her dog Toto quickly encounter a crowd of strange and unusual characters, including Glinda the Good Witch and the Wicked Witch of the West. A confusing confrontation ensues where Dorothy innocently and unwittingly prevails donning a pair of ruby slippers coveted by the Wicked Witch. The Wicked Witch dramatically exits (in a huff and puff of smoke) to plan her plot for revenge and gaining possession of the slippers. The crowd heralds Dorothy and directs her and Toto to the Yellow Brick road to pursue her quest for answers to life's questions, which would be supplied by the great Wizard of Oz in Emerald City. Dorothy and Toto head off on their journey. Along the way, they join forces and become friends with three anthropomorphized characters also seeking personal desires: Scarecrow (yearning for knowledge), the Tin Man (wishing for a heart), and the Cowardly Lion (craving courage). Multiple bizarre events occur as the idiosyncratic ensemble advances toward Emerald City. Along the way, they deflect several of the Wicked Witch's assaults (assisted by Flying Monkeys) and sinister strategies to acquire the slippers (e.g., induced slumbering effects of the Poppy Fields). Despite the travails, Dorothy and her allies arrive at the elegant and grand Emerald City but are rebuked by the Wizard who initially refuses to grant them a meeting. Through diligence and dogged determination (Toto helped), they capture the Wizard's attention and express their deep-seated desires and questions. The Wizard wisely recognizes and acknowledges their natural strengths and sends them off on the ultimate task for their wishes to be granted -acquire the Wicked Witch's broom.Unfortunately, during their travails, both Toto and Dorothy are abducted by the Wicked Witch and held captive. The terrified trio attempt to save her and despite their foibles serendipitously provide an opportunity for Dorothy to conquer the evil witch and attain her broom. They deliver the broom to the Wizard who reneges on his promise to Dorothy and then unintentionally floats away in a hot air balloon.Glinda the Good Witch suddenly appears and gently mentors Dorothy in a self-meditative process where she discovers answers to her questions were always with her (and not So...

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Teaching and Transforming Through Stories: An Exploration of Macro- and Micro-Narratives as Teaching Tools

Cited by 11 publications

References 23 publications

‘You Took me Back to the sea:’ Using Narrative to Explore and Inform the Practice of Social Work with Dying People

‘You Took me Back to the sea:’ Using Narrative to Explore and Inform the Practice of Social Work with Dying People

Female Nationalist Activism in Japan: Truth-Telling Through Everyday Micro-Practices

If I Only Had a Brain: Scholarly Identity at Oddz in the World of Academia

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