On Flying, Writing Poetry and Doing Educational Research

This article is written in a personal capacity; it is based on a presentation entitled 'If the child is father to the man, can the researcher be mother to the poet?' given as part of the ECER symposium. 'Telling stories: truth and fiction in educational research' hosted by David...

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Published in:British educational research journal 2003-04, Vol.29 (2), p.175-187
Main Author: SAUNDERS, LESLEY
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
Creativity
Education
Educational research
Educational sciences
Fiction
Higher education
Literary criticism
Literature
Love poetry
Lyric poetry
Narrative poetry
Poetic meter
Poetry
Religious poetry
Theories, epistemology
Truth
Writing
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Summary:This article is written in a personal capacity; it is based on a presentation entitled 'If the child is father to the man, can the researcher be mother to the poet?' given as part of the ECER symposium. 'Telling stories: truth and fiction in educational research' hosted by David Bridges, at the European Conference on Educational Research, University of Edinburgh, 23 September 2000. It is meant as a stimulus to discussion about the relationship between poetry as a species of 'creative' writing, and research writing-how and why they might be complementarities as well as opposites. Rather than attempting a theoretical paper, the author uses excerpts from her own poetry-and those of the prize-winning poet, Jane Draycott, with whom she recently co-authored a book, and whose ideas have contributed to this article-to explore these ideas.
ISSN:0141-1926
1469-3518
DOI:10.1080/0141192032000060920