This book pursues an interdisciplinary approach to open a discourse on innovative methodologies and practices associated with narrative and metaphor. Scholars from diverse fields in the humanities and social sciences report on how they use narrative and/or metaphor in their scholarship/research to arrive at new ways of seeing, thinking about and acting in the world. The book provides a range of methodological chapters for academics and practitioners alike. Each chapter discusses various aspects of the author’s transformative methodologies and practices and how they contribute to the lives of others in their field. In this regard, the authors address traditional disciplines such as history and geography, as well as professional practices such as counselling, teaching and community work.

Scholars from many disciplines discuss the crucial roles played by narrative and metaphor in the theory and practice of law.

It has long been recognized that court trials in the common law system, both criminal and civil, operate around pairs of competing narratives told by opposing advocates. In recent years, however, it has increasingly been argued that narrative flows in many directions and through every form of legal theory and practice. Interest in the part played by metaphor in the law, including metaphors for the law, and for many standard concepts in legal practice, has also been strong, though research under the metaphor banner has been much more fragmentary. In this book, for the first time, a distinguished group of legal scholars, collaborating with specialists from cognitive theory, journalism, rhetoric, social psychology, criminology, and legal activism, explore how narrative and metaphor are both vital to the legal process. Together, they examine topics including concepts of law, legal persuasion, human rights law, gender in the law, innovations in legal thinking, legal activism, creative work around the law, and public debate around crime and punishment.

Looking at both narrative and metaphor in education / Michael Hanne and Anna A. Kaal -- Narrative, metaphor, and learning -- Honouring the role of narrative and metaphor in education / Kieran Egan -- You in motion: stories and metaphors of becoming in narrative learning environments / David Baboulene, Alex Golding, Sjoerd-Jeroen Moenandar, and Floor Van Renssen -- An ecology for learning and teaching: niches for theories within the habitat of learning / Robin Lane -- Narrative and metaphor in teaching a range of disciplines -- Multiperspectivity in the history classroom: the role of narrative and metaphor / Marc Kropman, Jannet Van Drie & Carla Van Boxtel -- Resonant work: metaphor and narrative in music, learning, and life / Margaret S. Barrett and Sandra L. Stauffer -- How metaphor and narrative interact in stories of forces of nature / Hans U. Fuchs, Annamaria Contini, Elisabeth Dupont, Alessandra Landini, and Federico Cortini -- Narrative, metaphor and the politics of education -- Narrative and metaphor in special educational needs : shaping thought, discourse, and practice / Janine Talley -- Uneducation: narrative and metaphor in subjugated knowledge / Sandy Farquhar and Peter Fitzsimons -- Education reform in Croatia : a tug of war / Ivana Marinic and Ksenija Bencina -- Narrative and metaphor in intercultural education -- Stories about language: raising learners language awareness using metaphor / Anna A. Kaal & Sebastiaan Dönszelmann -- Journeys of learning: dimensions of metaphor and narrative landscapes across cultures / Martin Cortazzi and Lixian Jin -- Teaching for reconciliation: insights from an augmented reality project / Avril Aitken and Linda Radford -- Narrative and metaphor in the education of teachers and counsellors -- Teaching as performance: using narrative and metaphor in initial teacher education / Dorothy Morrissey -- Seasons of composing stories to live by: teaching, learning and research strategies in teacher education / Janet Dyson & Clare Smith -- Narrative and metaphor as two sides of the same coin: the case for using both in research and teacher development / Volha Arkhipenka and Svetlana Lupasco -- Narrative and metaphor in constructing teacher identity, self-positioning and coherence / Yanping Fang and Ken Mizusawa -- Weaving threads into a basket: facilitating counsellor identity creation through metaphor and narrative / Sarah Penwarden -- Narrative inquiry needs metaphor, too -- A journey through narrative inquiry to autoethnography / Gwyneth James -- Lingering departures: reverberations through, and in, narrative inquiry response communities / Vera Caine, Sean Lessard, and D. Jean Clandinin -- And look ahead, too / Michael Hanne and Anna A. Kaal

It has long been recognized that court trials, both criminal and civil, in the common law system, operate around pairs of competing narratives told by opposing advocates. In recent years, however, it has increasingly been argued that narrative flows in many directions and through every form of legal theory and practice. Interest in the part played by metaphor in the law, including metaphors for the law, and for many standard concepts in legal practice, has also been strong, though research under the metaphor banner has been much more fragmentary. In this book, for the first time, a distinguished group of legal scholars, collaborating with specialists from cognitive theory, journalism, rhetoric, social psychology, criminology, and legal activism, explore how narrative and metaphor are both vital to the legal process. Together, they examine topics including concepts of law, legal persuasion, human rights law, gender in the law, innovations in legal thinking, legal activism, creative work around the law, and public debate around crime and punishment.

Human beings rely equally on narrative (or storytelling) and metaphor (or analogy) for making sense of the world. Narrative and Metaphor in Education integrates the two perspectives of narrative and metaphor in educational theory and practice at every level from pre-school to lifelong civic education. Bringing together outstanding educational researchers, the book interweaves for the first time the rich strand of current research about how narrative may be used productively in education with more fragmentary research on the role of metaphor in education and invites readers to ‘look both ways.’ The book consists of research by 40 academics from many countries and disciplines, describing and analysing the intricate connections between narrative and metaphor as they manifest themselves in many fields of education, including: concepts of education, teacher identity and reflective practice, teaching across cultures, teaching science and history, using digital and visual media in teaching, fostering reconciliation in a postcolonial context, special needs education, civic and social education and educational policy-making. It is unique in combining study of the narrative perspective and the metaphor perspective, and in exploring such a comprehensive range of topics in education. Narrative and Metaphor in Education will be of great interest to academics and researchers in the fields of education and educational policy, as well as teacher educators, practising and future teachers. It will also appeal to psychologists, sociologists, applied linguists and communications specialists.

Presenting a compelling evidence base for narrative therapy. Narrative therapy introduces the idea that our lives are made up of multiple events that can be strung together in many possible stories. These stories can be developed to find richer (or "thicker") narratives, and thus release the hold of negative ("thin") narratives upon the client. Replete with case examples from clinical practice, this is the first book to present a compelling evidence base for narrative therapy, interweaving practice tips, training, and research. The book’s rigorous, research-based approach meets the increasing demand on therapists to demonstrate the effectiveness of their approach, critically reflecting on both process and outcomes, expanding on the concept of evidence-based practice.