English Education, Vol. 39, No. 4, July 2007

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• The Editorial We: Focus on Narrative Inquiry

  Michael T. Moore

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  Abstract: Editor Michael T. Moore introduces the theme of narrative inquiry and his two guest coeditors, both former editors of English Education.

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• Composing Narratives for Inquiry

  David Schaafsma and Ruth Vinz

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  Abstract: The guest coeditors in this issue, David Schaafsma and Ruth Vinz, discuss their understanding of stories as research. Stories are our way of coming to terms with the conditions, situations, and questions in education.

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• Composing Storied Ground

  David Schaafsma, Gian Pagnucci, Rob Wallace, and Patricia Lambert Stock

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  Abstract: David Schaafsma, Gian Pagnucci, Rob Wallace, and Patricia Lambert Stock narrate their own linked academic histories as narrative inquirers.

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• Storytelling as Scholarship

  Sondra Perl, Beth Counihan, Tim McCormack, and Emily Schnee

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  Abstract: Sondra Perl, Beth Counihan, Tim McCormack, and Emily Schnee help us see how the teller and tale, like the dancer and the dance, are inseparable. Writerly intentions balance scholarly concerns in tales they share from their work.

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• Writing Out of the Unexpected

  Erick Gordon, Kerry McKibbin, Lalitha Vasudevan, and Ruth Vinz

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  Abstract: In this tale of a single event told from the perspectives of multiple narrators, Erick Gordon, Kerry McKibbin, Lalitha Vasudevan, and Ruth Vinz write about their work together on a Student Press Initiative (SPI) writing project at Horizon Academy, the Department of Correction/Department of Education high school at Rikers Island Jail in New York City. They focus on an incident that troubles them and makes them rethink the very foundations of their project.

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• Announcements

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• Reviewers

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• Index for Volume 39

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