Shaping of Professional Identities

Mette Bøe Lyngstad is Professor in Drama and Applied Theatre at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. She is research leader of the research group Neglected Narratives that initiated this research anthology. She has written several research articles about narrative work with marginalised groups.Tiri Bergesen Schei is Professor of Music Education and Head of the research program “Arts, Creativity and Cultural Practices” at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. Her research targets the functions of arts-based approaches in education and topics related to performative and artistic activities.Elin Eriksen Ødegaard is Professor of Educational Science and Director of Kindergarten Knowledge Center at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. She has published many books, articles and films about children's exploration, narrative meaning-making and professional development.

• Foreword: Narrative Inquiry: Storying Who We AreAcknowledgementsList of FiguresNotes on Contributors1 Beginning with Experience: IntroductionElin Eriksen Ødegaard, Tiri Bergesen Schei and Mette Bøe Lyngstad2 Negotiating the Cultural Script of Mothering: Entangling Self-Explorative Narrative Inquiry into a Professional IdentityElin Eriksen Ødegaard3 On the Traveling and Turns of Being and Becoming a Narrative InquirerBodil H. Blix4 Beyond Personal and Political Boundaries: Being and Becoming a Cross-Cultural Researcher and EducatorÅsta Birkeland5 Am I Sámi Enough? Narratives as a Means of Exploring a Sámi Pedagogy for KindergartenCarola Kleemann6 The Inherent Power of Teachers: An Autobiographical Narrative InquiryTiri Bergesen Schei7 A Professional Identity Based on an International Career as Engineer: A Childhood Critical Event Impacting Every Fight for AcceptanceAnna-Lena Østern8 A Tender Narrative on Intra-Active Identity Shaping: A Potty Enters a KindergartenAlicja R. Sadownik9 She’s the Lion King!Sidsel Boldermo10 A Memory of Experiencing Milk in KindergartenGeir Aaserud, Tona Gulpinar and Tove Lafton11 At the Intersection of Pastoral and Intellectual Support: A Journey of Autoethnographic Narratives on SupervisionRikke Gürgens Gjærum and Nanna Kathrine Edvardsen12 It Also Applies to YouVibeke Solbue13 The Minotaur Myth, Mimesis and MeMimesis Heidi Dahlsveen14 Q for QuarantineRikke Gürgens Gjærum15 Using Narratives to Understand Professional IdentitiesMette Bøe Lyngstad