Nested Stories of Curriculum Making

• In Event: Identity Making and World Making

Abstract

In this paper, we attend to the complexities of curriculum making for individuals positioned by dominant stories of gender and sexuality. We understand curriculum as a “course of life” (Connelly & Clandinin, 1988). Curriculum making, then, refers to the dynamic and ongoing process of making meaning through experience. Data for this inquiry was collected over the course of 18 months with four participants. Through this research, we have come to see the ways that stories to live by composed by the participants, individuals positioned differently by understandings of gender and sexuality, are nested among a complex web of stories. We seek to develop practical knowledge for educators to create experiences, relationships, and contexts open and attentive to diverse identities.

Authors

• Derek A. Hutchinson, The University of Kansas

• M. Shaun Murphy, University of Saskatchewan