Linganisha mbinu

	Utafiti wa Kina wa Historia ya Maisha	Uchunguzi Simulizi
Nyanja	Mbinu za Kimaelezo	Utafiti wa Kimaelezo
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Mwaka wa asili	1980s–1990s	2000
Mwanzilishi	Ivor Goodson; influenced by critical theory traditions (Freire, Habermas, feminist scholars)	D. Jean Clandinin and F. Michael Connelly
Aina	Qualitative research design	Method
Chanzo asilia	Goodson, I. F., & Sikes, P. (2001). Life History Research in Educational Settings: Learning from Lives. Open University Press. ISBN: 978-0335205530	Clandinin, D. J., & Connelly, F. M. (2000). Narrative inquiry: Experience and story in qualitative research. Jossey-Bass.
Majina mbadala	critical biographical research, critical life history, critical life history method, critical biographical inquiry	Narrative Analysis, Narrative Research, Life Story Method
Zinazohusiana	6	3
Muhtasari	Critical life history research combines the biographical depth of life history methodology with critical theory perspectives — drawing on feminist, Marxist, postcolonial, or critical race frameworks — to examine how structural power relations, social inequalities, and institutional forces shape individual lives. Rather than treating a life story as a purely personal account, this approach reads it as evidence of wider social and political conditions, using individual narratives to surface systemic patterns of oppression, resistance, and agency.	Narrative inquiry is a qualitative research methodology that treats stories and life narratives as primary data, analyzing how individuals construct meaning and identity through storytelling. Developed by D. Jean Clandinin and F. Michael Connelly (2000), narrative inquiry examines the narratives people tell about their lives, experiences, and transitions, understanding that people make sense of experience through narrative.