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Narrative Practice & Research Synthesis (SCWK90061)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 50On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
February
School of Melbourne Custom Programs
Currently enrolled students:
- General information:http://www.commercial.unimelb.edu.au/narrativetherapy/
- Email:TL-narrativetherapy@unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information:http://www.commercial.unimelb.edu.au/narrativetherapy/
- Email:TL-narrativetherapy@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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In this subject, students are challenged to innovate their own forms of narrative practice. Teaching focuses on some of the different methods of innovating that have contributed to new forms of narrative practice (co-research, partnerships, cross-cultural invention, folk cultural innovation, synthesis of practice with readings from outside the field, responding to challenges in relation to politics of experience, translations across languages). This involves revisiting some of the social and intellectual histories of narrative practice and drawing on recent international innovations as case studies of innovation. Drawing on these histories and practices of innovation, in the second half of the subject as the capstone experience, students are then required to undertake an original piece of practice research, with findings presented in a standard required for publication.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete this subject should be able to:
- Analyse and distinguish the ways in which narrative practices have been originated in the context of translating them into one’s own context.
- Appraise the ethics of one’s own practice by critiquing the operations of power and privilege in one’s relationships with those with whom one works (‘clients’); and demonstrate practices of accountability to respond to these operations of power and privilege.
- Demonstrate and discuss ‘double-story development’ and the rich description of preferred storylines in one’s own practice.
- Synthesise one's own practice with the histories and theories of narrative therapy.
- Produce an original piece of practice scholarship that is to be of a standard required for publication.
- Design teaching materials and approach, and teach others about the narrative practices they have engaged with.
- Appraise one’s own use of narrative practices and one’s own teaching about these.
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
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
- 5 x 1,200 word written reflections, due mid and end of semester 1, (25%)
- One oral presentation - 40 minutes (equivalent to 4,000 words), due beginning of semester 2, (15%)
- 8,000 word essay, due end of semester 2, (50%)
- One poster presentation (equivalent to 2,000 words), due end of semester 2, (10%)
Hurdle Requirement: Client contact record, due end of semester 2.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- February
Principal coordinator David Denborough Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 95 hours. (Comprised of 35 hours of face to face teaching, 25 hours of participation in online forums and 20 hours of supervision for the development of the practice research component). Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 12 February 2018 to 9 November 2018 Last self-enrol date 6 April 2018 Census date 13 April 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 August 2018 Assessment period ends 6 December 2018 February contact information
School of Melbourne Custom Programs
Currently enrolled students:
- General information:http://www.commercial.unimelb.edu.au/narrativetherapy/
- Email:TL-narrativetherapy@unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information:http://www.commercial.unimelb.edu.au/narrativetherapy/
- Email:TL-narrativetherapy@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours per 12.5 credit point subject
Additional delivery details
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
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
- White, M. (2004). Narrative Practice and Exotic Lives: Resurrecting diversity in everyday life. Adelaide: Dulwich Centre Publications.
- O’Farrell, C. (2005). Michel Foucault. London: SAGE Publications.
- White, M. (2011). Narrative Practice: Continuing the conversations. New York: W. W. Norton & Company
- 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