Narrative, Self-Assessment, and the Reflective Learner

Abstract

Being aware of the power of narrative as a formative way in which human beings make experience meaningful, we were also aware that students often tell us their stories in times and places less formal than the classroom?in the hallways, our offices, over coffee, in chance meetings. What if we planned a specific time and space in our classrooms for their stories? Our hunch (and hope) was that their sto ries of learning would allow them to make their experiences of learning meaningful, not only for themselves, but for others as well. Might narrative provide a mode and