Imagined Stories Interrupted: A narrative inquiry into the experiences of teachers who do not teach

• Author / Creator

  Pinnegar, Eliza A.

• This two year long narrative inquiry, part of a larger study, inquires into experiences of teachers who have graduated but not assumed classroom teaching positions. The work draws on the conceptual framework of early landscapes, imagined stories, forward looking stories, and stories to live by. Field texts included transcripts of conversations, artifacts, and annals. This work includes three narrative accounts with an opening and closing chapter. The study highlights the importance of early landscapes in composing imagined stories, experiences when imagined stories are interrupted, and forward looking stories that are congruent with stories to live by. The study illuminates how forward looking stories are composed after the imagined story of teaching is interrupted.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Narrative Inquiry
  • Imagined Stories
  • Teacher Attrition

• Graduation date

  Fall 2012

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Education

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3CM5C

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.