As one of the research methods that have attracted much attention in China's educational circles in recent years, there are different opinions on the definition of educational narrative research. There are broad sense and narrow sense. In a broad sense, educational narrative research refers to the description and analysis of meaningful teaching events, teachers' lives and practical experience in education and teaching. Explore or reveal the meanings, thoughts and concepts hidden behind daily events, lives and behaviors. In a narrow sense, educational narration means that teachers "narrate" personal educational events that include "problem solving" and "experience facts" in educational activities. And on the basis of reflection, change their teaching concepts and behaviors. Educational narrative research, whether in a broad sense or a narrow sense, is an activity to collect and tell the stories of individual educational life, describe the daily life of individual educational El, and then gain an explanatory understanding of its behavior and experience construction in the process of deconstructing and reconstructing educational narrative materials. It can be seen that the object of educational narrative research is people's educational experience, educational behavior and individualized practical knowledge in natural situations. The method is to "narrate" these meaningful educational problems, aiming at discovering or revealing the ideas behind these behaviors and changing teaching concerns and behaviors on the basis of reflection. Promote people to have a deeper understanding of education and its significance. Educational narrative research not only pays attention to objective laws, but also pays attention to participants' life experience, psychological feelings and internal generation. Because the basic feature of educational narrative research is that researchers express their understanding and explanation of education by narrating and telling stories. It does not directly define what education is, nor does it directly stipulate how education should be done. It just tells readers one or several educational stories so that readers can understand what education is or how to do it.

First, the main characteristics of educational narrative

(1) Authenticity of educational narrative text Educational narrative is the statement of events that have happened or are happening by educators in teachers' daily life, classroom teaching and educational reform practice. It also includes the personal biography and personal experience summary written by the teacher himself. These "stories" are concrete, true and situational, not the subjective imagination of educators. This real situation reappears close to daily life and way of thinking. It can help readers understand educational practice in many aspects and dimensions.

(2) Reflective education narrative research focuses on reflection, describing and revealing a series of educational events and meaningful educational activities in the process of education. This description is not a general description, but a process of continuous reflection in the description, focusing on the study of' local richness' to restore rational wisdom. It can be said that its fundamental feature lies in reflection. The process of educational narrative research is a process of continuous reflection by researchers and narrators.

(3) The practical narrative research of educational narrative research is not only about telling stories. It also lies in "retelling and rewriting teacher-student stories that can lead to awakening and change, thus causing changes in teachers' practice."

(D) The narrative research of episodic education attaches great importance to teachers' daily life stories and the details of stories, and does not replace vivid plots in educational life with abstract concepts or symbols. Don't describe general educational facts in pale language.

These characteristics add up. This determines the advantages of educational narrative as a research method. That is, it is close to daily life and way of thinking in expression. It is easier to understand, which can help readers understand educational practice in many aspects and latitudes, and can creatively reproduce event scenes and processes through a certain narrative structure. So as to achieve the purpose of digging deep into the theoretical significance behind the story. But it also has its own limitations. Once confused with traditional research methods, it is easy to miss some important information in the event; The collected materials may not easily match the clues of the story; Readers tend to focus only on "stories"