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Narrative Interviewing
Unit information: Narrative Interviewing in 2013/14
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Unit name |
Narrative Interviewing |
Unit code |
EDUCM0019 |
Credit points |
10 |
Level of study |
M/7
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Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
|
Unit director |
Dr. Reed |
Open unit status |
Not open |
Pre-requisites |
Introduction to Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department |
School of Education |
Faculty |
Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
Description including Unit Aims
- Introducing key concepts and ethical issues in research conversations and interviews
- Identifying and exploring processes of eliciting, selecting and co-constructing narratives in, and from, conversations
- Providing experiential opportunities to engage in, and critique several narrative interview positions and practices, and
- Participating in ethical decision-making about appropriate interview practices.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this unit participants will be able to:
- Describe and critique a range of conversational narrative practices and positions, including the elicitation, selection and co-construction of individual and collective narratives
- Demonstrate and critically evaluate their own research interviewing practices
- Identify and explain a preferred approach to research interviewing within a specific context or study
Teaching Information
Teaching and learning opportunities will include tutor and student presentations, guided critical close reading of indicative texts, seminars, small group work, VLE and workshops
Assessment Information
- 1. Formative Presentation (15 minutes). Presentation/critique of narrative interviewing approaches
- 2. Summative assignment. Either essay of 2,000 words or multi-modal assignment of 1, 000 words plus equivalent digital/visual text or video-paper. The choice between summative assessment options will be negotiated with the Unit Tutor.
Reading and References
- Gubrium, J and Holstein, J (2003) Post-modern Interviewing, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
- Drewery, W (2005) Why we should watch what we say: Position Calls, Everyday Speech and the Production of Relational Subjectivity, in: Theory and Psychology 15(3): 305–324
- Jarvinen, M (2000) The Biographical Illusion: Constructing Meaning In Qualitative Interviews, In: Qualitative Inquiry, 6 (3) 370-392
- Kvale, S (2006) Dominance Through Interviews and Dialogues, Qualitative Inquiry, 6 (12) 480 - 500.
- Speedy, J (2008) Constructing Stories: Narrative interviews and conversations with Donald, in: Narrative Inquiry in Psychotherapy, Houndmills: Palgrave/Macmillan
- White, M (2007) Maps to Narrative practice, New York: Norton