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This approach evolved through a dynamic interplay between research questions, theory, experience, conversation, and reflection. I situate the approach with respect to narrative inquiry and clarify the key conceptual metaphors underpinning my study, including “story,”“narrative,” and“metaphor.” I then discuss the particular methods involved and their compatibility with my underlying ontological and epistemological assumptions about the storied reality of human experience. Finally, I reflect on writing as part of the research process and on the possibilities and responsibilities inherent in the act of writing.  \nRésumé  \nDans cet article, je propose une approche narrative de la recherche en ERE.  \nL’évolution de cette approche s’est faite à la faveur d’une vive interaction entre éléments de recherche, théorie, expérience, conversation et réflexion.  \nJe situe cette approche quant à son rapport avec le questionnement narratif et précise les principales métaphores conceptuelles sur lesquelles repose mon étude, soit le « récit », la « narration » et la « métaphore ». J’aborde ensuite chacune des méthodes touchées et leur compatibilité avec mes hypothèses ontologiques et épistémologiques sur la réalité, mise en récit, del’expérience humaine. Enfin, je réfléchis sur l’écriture en tant que composante du processus de recherche ainsi que sur les possibilités et les responsabilités inhérentes à l’acte d’écrire.  \nI am one among a growing number of environmental educators and researchers with an interest in stories and narratives. Guided by William Cronon’s (1992) contention that bad story-telling has “wreaked havoc” with nature (p. 1361), I place great importance on the recovery and/or crafting of alternatives to some of the broader societal narratives which so profoundly shape the North American school experience (e.g. , individualism, rationalism, technological determinism, resourcism) . For my doctoral research in particular, I aimed to probe and work towards an in-depth understanding of patterns of meaning-making among a relatively small group of people involved in school-based habitat restoration. What storylines and metaphors guided their undertakings? How did language capture, construct, and otherwise mediate their experiences? In what sense did their storied practices attest to possibilities of honouring and renewing human ties and commitments to the rest of nature?  \nCanadian Journal of Environmental Education, 8, Spring 2003 95  \nSuch questions pointed me firmly in the direction of narrative inquiry asa methodological approach to research. Certainly I shared the ontological and epistemological perspective described by F. Michael Connelly and D. Jean Clandinin (1990) who write:  \nThe main claim for the use of narrative in educational research is that humans are story-telling organisms who, individually and socially, lead storied lives.  \nThe study of narrative, therefore, is the study of the ways humans experience the world. (p. 2)  \nAs Catherine Kohler Riessman (1993) explains, narrative researchers attend to the ways that culture speaks itself through an individual’s story, or in other words, to the ways that private constructions mesh with “a community of life stories”(p. 4) . They understand language to be “deeply constitutive of reality”(p. 5) and not a “transparent medium, unambiguously reflecting stable, singular meanings”(p. 2) .  \nThere was considerable common ground between my theoretical orientation and that described by Riessman. Nevertheless, the term “narrative inquiry” fit my work best as a “sensitizing concept”(see Schwandt, 1994, p. 118) rather than as a label that neatly situated it within a research paradigm or tradition. I also took inspiration from constructivist and interpretive/phenomenological approaches (Guba & Lincoln, 1994; Lather, 1988; Schwandt, 19","cbCaikvjlJltM3Vv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikvjlJltM3Vv","pdf",162372,16,"English","# Abstract\n## Narrative approach and evolution\n## Narrative inquiry and conceptual metaphors\n## Ontological and epistemological assumptions\n## Methods and compatibility\n## Writing as part of the research process","[{\"question\":\"How does the paper describe the development of the narrative approach?\",\"answer\":\"It develops through interaction among research questions, theory, experience, conversation, and reflection.\"},{\"question\":\"What key conceptual metaphors support the study?\",\"answer\":\"The study clarifies metaphors underpinning the work, including “story,” “narrative,” and “metaphor.”\"},{\"question\":\"Why is writing considered important in the research process?\",\"answer\":\"Writing is treated as a component of the research process, carrying inherent possibilities and responsibilities within the act of writing.\"}]","A Narrative Approach to Research - Writing as Part of the Research Process | PDF",1792084973]