KAQI

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Vol (number)	3(1)
title	A Narrative Inquiry into Life-Stories of a Regional Private University Student, Building Experiences of Temporary Leave of Absence from School
author(s)	Young-Suk Hong (Jungwon University)
Keywords	temporary leave of absence from school, experience, narrative inquiry, personal practical knowledge, stories to live by
Abstract	The study is to understand diversity, uniqueness and special characteristics of individual human beings, based on the perspective of qualitative research. Narrative inquiry methodology was used to understand experiences of a student at a regionalprivate university who took temporary leave of absence, by inquiring into his life stories. Research puzzle was built around how his personal practical knowledge (Connelly & Clandinin, 1984, 1985) from his experiences in life is constructing his stories to live by (Clandinin et al., 2006). As a result, the following experiential meanings emerged from the narrative inquiry. First, loneliness: forming the quality of relationships. Second, experience of achievement: flourished confidence. Third, poverty: key factor in making decision. Fourth, hope: encountering with good people. Last, success: building a house for his mom. I hope that this study could contribute to expending the comprehensive understanding of students, taking temporary leave of absence, going beyond understanding on general individuals and also contributing to building social, cultural, familial, and institutional narratives for them and developing supporting systems in administrative and affective aspects.
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