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Advanced Narrative Skills Development (SCWK90060)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
February
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Future Students: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/master-of-narrative-therapy-and-community-work/
Current Students: TL-narrativetherapy@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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In this subject, students acquire skills in engaging with ten key practice maps of narrative therapy (externalising, re-authoring, re-membering, definitional ceremony, documentation, absent but implicit, failure conversations map, responding to trauma, engagement with folk cultural metaphors [tree of life/team of life/kite of life], enabling contribution/social action). They also develop skills in analysing and evaluating the effects of their use of these maps of practice and in proposing alternative questions/lines of enquiry in therapeutic and/or collective practice.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete this subject should be able to:
- Employ narrative conversational skills in relation to key practice maps in skills based exercises and in one’s own local context.
- Develop reflexive position in relation to one’s own practice to enable micro-analysis and questioning of one’s own use of narrative practices and to distinguish and differentiate where one’s own practice is located on various maps of narrative practice.
- Compare and evaluate the questions one used in practice and propose alternative / supplementary questions and/or lines of enquiry to those currently used.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted in MC-NTCW. This subject is not available for students admitted in any other courses.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Introductory knowledge gained from prior narrative therapy study is recommended background knowledge.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- A recorded interview of 15 minutes with a 1,000 word written reflection, due mid semester, (30%)
- A recorded interview of 15 minutes with a 1,000 word written reflection, due end of semester, (30%)
- 6 x 1,000 word written reflections, due fortnightly, (40%)
Hurdle Requirement: 500 word client contact record, due of semester.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- February
Principal coordinator David Denborough Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 90 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 12 February 2018 to 6 July 2018 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2018 Census date 16 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 25 May 2018 Assessment period ends 20 July 2018 February contact information
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Future Students: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/master-of-narrative-therapy-and-community-work/
Current Students: TL-narrativetherapy@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours per 12.5 credit point subject
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
- White, M. (2007). Maps of Narrative Practice. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
- Russell, S. & Carey, M. (2004). Narrative therapy: Responding to your questions. Adelaide: Dulwich Centre Publications.
- Denborough, D. (2008). Collective narrative practice: Responding to individuals, groups and communities who have experienced trauma. Adelaide: Dulwich Centre Publications.
- White, M. (1995) (Ed.) Re-authoring lives: Interviews and essays. Adelaide: Dulwich Centre Publications.
- White, M. (2000). Reflections on narrative practice: Essays and interviews. Adelaide: Dulwich Centre Publications.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work - Links to additional information
Last updated: 3 November 2022