OU welcomes author, research expert Tom Barone

Tom Barone, author of Aesthetics, Politics, and Educational Inquiry and Touching Eternity: The Enduring Outcomes of Teaching, will speak in 134 Varner Hall on Tuesday, November 11, 2008. Professor of Education at Arizona State University, Barone will speak at noon on the topic, "What is Narrative Social Research and What is it Good For?" and at 6 p.m. on "The Educational Imaginary and the Ethics of Narrative Research."

Nearly 30 years ago, Barone’s dissertation at Stanford University investigated the possibilities of literary non-fiction for researching and writing about educational matters. Since then he has explored, conceptually and through examples, a variety of narrative and arts-based approaches to theorizing about and contextualizing significant educational issues.

He is currently co-authoring a book with Elliot Eisner of Stanford University entitled Imagination and Method: Arts-Based Forms of Qualitative Research. Barone teaches courses in curriculum studies and qualitative research methods in the Arizona State University Mary Lou Fulton College of Education.





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The Center for Applied Research in Musical Understanding, College of Arts and Sciences

Oakland University Department of Music, Theatre and Dance

Oakland University School of Education and Human Services

A generous gift from an anonymous alumni donor