BIOGRAPHICA

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RESEARCH
 BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH
 is a Qualitative Research approach
aligned to the social interpretative
paradigm of research. It is concerned
with the reconstruction of life histories
and constitution of meaning based on
Biographical narratives and documents.
 life history infers the later
interpretive, presentational work of
the researcher.
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 The material for analysis consists of
interview protocols (memorandums),
video recordings, photographs, and a
diversity of sources.
 These documents are evaluated and
interpreted according to specific rules
and criteria. The starting point for this
approach is the understanding of an
individua’s biography in terms of its
social constitution.
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 The biographical approach was
influenced by the symbolic
interactionism,
the phenomenological sociology
of knowledge (Alfred
Schütz, Peter L. Berger,
and Thomas Luckmann),
and ethnomethodology 
 Five types of Biographical Research
in education forms
Scholarly Chronicle-focus on the historical
portrayal of an individual life

Life History-has a strong allegiance to the

social science research traditions of oral
history and narrative discourse, great
devotion to theoretical constructs from
sociology and psychology.
 Intellectual biography-forsake the need
for basic chronological structure and
develops a narrative of a life through the
conceptual analysis of the subject’s
motives and beliefs within the world of
ideas.
• These orientations may take the form of
articles, vignettes, chapters, monographs,
and full-length books. One need not draw
fine distinctions among these different
approaches, however, and each orientation
offers particular strengths for the
presentation of the biographical subject.
 Memoir Biography-attentions devoted to the
researchers' motives in relation to the
Biographical subject upon the stylistic
presentation of the biographer’s reflections
and insight in relation to the factual account of
life.

Narrative Biography-represents the dynamic

portrayal of a life without the need for
absolutely facticity or a comprehensive account
from birth to grave.
 How do we write a
Biographical information?

 Introduce your self

 Keep it concise.
 Use third person.
 Write Strategically.
 Include your contact Information.
 EDIT thoroughly.
 How do we write a
Biographical essay?
 Choose your Subject.
 Do Research.
 Write an Outline.
 Write your Introduction Paragraph.
 Develop your statement.
 Body Paragraphs.
 Conclusion.
 What are the benefits of
Biographical Approach?
 Enables readers approach the writers work with deeper
understanding of how they were crafted and their
meeting.
 It allows us to see the imaginative spirit of how writers
have taken events from their own lives and shaped
these experiences into their works for the readers to
enjoy.
Gathering Data
Preparation for the interview
Parts of the interview guide
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