窺、潰、饋：我與生命史研究相遇的心靈起伏

Peep, Debacle and Reward: A Narrative of My Experience of the Life History Research

生命史研究並不是一種新發展出的研究方法，然而，當我與之在1995年相遇時，對它的理論與方法運用的理解是由零開始的。隨著經驗的累積，漸次體認到這個方法在教育研究上的意義。本文是以個人在接觸不同研究生論文資料時的心靈起伏為基點，採用類似自我研究的方式，透過自我經驗的回憶與陳述，說明個人對於生命史研究的認知與理解，在自我對話的歷程中，再次澄清生命史研究中對於個體生命意義探尋的價值。

Life history research is not a new research method, however; I was a novice about this theory and method when I met it in 1995. With the accumulation of personal research experiences, gradually, I realize the meaning of the method in educational research. The present paper is based on my working experiences with three graduate students and their data of life history research, utilizing the self-study method to recall and narrate my memory and experience in order to describe personal cognition and to understand the life history research. The value of life history research in exploring the meaning of life is reclarified under the process of self-discourse.