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| Unit name |
Visual Inquiry |
| Unit code |
EDUCM0012 |
| Credit points |
10 |
| Level of study |
M/7
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
|
| Unit director |
Dr. Olivero |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department |
School of Education |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
Description including Unit Aims
To familiarize participants with a range of approaches to visual inquiry and representation
- To develop a critical understanding of the divergent and contingent practices of producing and analysing visual texts, positions and modalities
- To provide opportunities to experiment with researcher-led and participatory visual methods and situate these principles and practices within a theoretical position.
- To explore a range of visual methods, including collection, production, analysis and representation of visual research material.
Students will apply these methods and techniques in the particular context of their own discipline.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Module Specific Skills:
- Describe and locate a range of visual inquiries
- Reflect critically on a range of applications of visual theory and practice
- Demonstrate and situate their own developing approach to visual inquiry
- Demonstrate basic skills in the use of visual methods, to including collection, production, analysis and representation of visual research material
- Awareness of ethical, political and value concerns in visual inquiry
Discipline Specific Skills:
- Develop an appreciation of the theoretical underpinning of visual methods in relation to the discipline
- Understand how visual inquiry can address specific challenges within a disciplinary context
- Demonstrate and apply a critical understanding of visual inquiry used in the discipline.
- Understand how visual methods are used in the discipline and gain an overview of some current examples within the discipline
- Develop an understanding of discipline-specific ethical, political and value issues, related to visual inquiry
Personal and Key Skills:
- Critical analysis
- Ability to reflect on personal/ethical issues in relation to the use of digital, still and moving images.
- Team work
- Presentation skills
- Practical skills in using digital equipment and visual methods
Teaching Information
Lectures/presentations, seminars, group work (practice-based), use of digital tools and virtual learning environment
Assessment Information
Formative: Group presentation of use of digital tools (15 minutes) OR production/construction of visual research artifacts (15 minutes).
Summative: Videopaper (10 minute video plus 2,000 words) OR multi-modal assignment (2,000 words plus visual representations).
The choice between formative and summative assessment options will be negotiated with the Unit Tutor.
Reading and References
- Goldman, R., Pea, R. D., Barron, B., & Derry, S. J. (Eds.). (2007). Video Research in the Learning Sciences. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Pink, S, Laszlo, K and Afonso, A (2004) Working Images: Visual Research and Representation in Ethnography, London: Routledge
- Rose, G (2001 2nd ed) Visual Methodologies. London: Sage.
- Van Leeuwen, T. & Jewitt C. (eds) (2001) Handbook of Visual Analysis. London
- Springgay, S, Irwin, R and Kind, SW (2005) A/r/tography as Living Inquiry Through Art and Text, Qualitative Inquiry, 11 (6) 897-912
- Videopapers – Special Issue of Technology, Pedagogy and Education, Volume 18 Issue 3 2009.
