Stories lives tell : Narrative and dialogue in education

Prologue : An Invitation To Our Readers / Carol Witherell And Nel Noddings / Narrative And Ways Of Knowing And Caring. The Story That Saved Life / Kim R. Stafford -- Imagining History : A Good Story And A Well-formed Argument / Andra Makler -- Reading Women's Autobiographies : A Map Of Reconstructed Knowing / Anita Plath Helle -- The Politics Of Personal Knowledge / Madeleine R. Grumet -- Narrative And Notions Of The Self And The Other. The Self In Narrative : A Journey Into Paradox / Carol Witherell -- Telling Our Own Stories : The Reading And Writing Of Journals Or Diaries / Joanne E. Cooper -- According To Their Feelings : Teaching And Healing With Stories / Kirin Narayan -- The Stranger's Story : Who Calls And Who Answers? / Virginia Shabatay -- Narrative And Dialogue As A Paradigm For Teaching And Learning. Stories In Dialogue : Caring And Interpersonal Reasoning / Nel Noddings -- Stories Told And Lessons Learned : Toward A Narrative Approach To Moral Development And Moral Education / Mark B. Tappan And Lyn Mikel Brown -- Moral Fictions : The Dilemma Of Theory And Practice / Jo Anne Pagano -- Teacher Lore : A Basis For Understanding Praxis / William H. Schubert -- Conversation And Narrative In Collaborative Research : An Ethnography Of The Written Literacy Forum / Susan Florio-ruane -- Story And Voice In The Education Of Professionals / Celeste M. Brody [and Others] -- Epilogue : Themes Remembered And Foreseen / Nel Noddings And Carol Witherell. Edited By Carol Witherell & Nel Noddings ; Foreword By Maxine Greene. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Speaks of a fresh approach to knowing and teaching. The editors have combined a philosophical framework for the centrality of narrative and dialogue in education and human services with lively accounts from practitioners working in a variety of disciplines and fields.