The use of narrative as a perspective within which to understand teacher development has gained considerable momentum in the last decade, and this perspective has led to several important innovations in the pedagogy of teacher education: the study of cases, the writing of personal narratives, and the like. Narrative inquiry in the field of teacher education started as a method of inquiry, but now it became a medium for professional development at the pre-service level. However, few have adopted the narrative perspective to explore the curriculum of teacher education in Korea.
The paper is to outline the development of narrative inquiry focusing on teacher education and to explore some implications that give to teacher-education curriculum. To approach this task, I set the stage by comparing briefly two fundamental modes of thought -\'narrative\' and \'paradigmatic\'- as knowledge bases for teaching. I then discuss the development process, theoretical background, and some methodologies of narrative inquiry in the studies of teacher knowledge. I use the narrative perspective to critique conventional view and propose a new way of thinking about pre-service preparation. In conclusion, I discuss how teacher-education curriculum could be redesigned based on the narrative perspective.