Natalie’s Narrative Account

Natalie and I first met when she came to my office. I was immediately put at ease by her friendly smile and warm greeting. She was in the city visiting her parents, something she did as often as she could. We quickly settled into the chairs in my office and I explained the study. She read and signed the consent forms after a rapid scan. As I turned on the recorder, I asked “Can you tell me about who you are, where you went to school, when you started to think about doing a B.Ed. and becoming a teacher?” She spoke of growing up in Alberta and living in the same city for much of her life. She had gone to school in the same city for all 12 years. She moved to another city to enroll in a university science program and switched into a dual degree program in the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Education at the start of her second year of university. She said,