Unit name | Narrative Inquiry |
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Unit code | EDUCD0096 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | D/8 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Dr. Reed |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
Understanding Educational Research |
Co-requisites |
Narrative interviewing, Writing as inquiry, Auto-ethnography, EdD dissertation preparation (for Narrative inquiry pathway participants) |
School/department | School of Education |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit will critique ‘narrative’ as a root metaphor for understanding and describing human experience, provide participants with an overview of contemporary narrative research and develop critical awareness of the implications of particular methodological choices and positions. Debate, discussion and structured activities will facilitate the presentation, comparison, evaluation and justification of specific forms of narrative research at both micro levels (such as narrative analysis) and macro levels (such as narrative approaches to educational inquiry).
Participants will be able to:
Teaching and learning opportunities will include tutor and student presentations, guided reading and critical image viewing, seminars and workshops.
Either an assignment or video-paper, inclusive of inter-related images/film sequences or a written assignment of 4000 words.
Speedy, J (2008) Narrative inquiry and Psychotherapy, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan