ABSTRACT
In the preceding three chapters we have outlined how and why we think narrative is important as a research method and described the origins and theoretical underpinnings of narrative. This chapter presents stories of actual research or teaching in which narrative has been utilised. These stories illustrate various uses of narrative in a range of fields, namely legal education, medical education, neurology, adult education, primary education, theology, social history and tertiary education. The stories are presented in the form of case studies. We first outline the discipline and context in which narrative has been used and then give samples of the individual stories. We start with a case study from our own teaching programme in a faculty of law (Story 1), in which narrative is employed as a means of reflection by programme participants on their professional practice and also as a form of evaluation of the programme.
