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Narrative Practice & Research Synthesis (SCWK90061)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 50Off Campus
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
Further Information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/master-of-narrative-therapy-and-community-work/
Email: continuing-education@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 - Off Campus
Principal coordinator David Denborough Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours Face to face teaching component 35 Online participation component 25 Supervision for the development of the practice research component 20 Total time commitment 680 hours Teaching period 11 February 2019 to 6 December 2019 Last self-enrol date 11 April 2019 Census date 31 May 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 August 2019 Assessment period ends 6 December 2019 February contact information
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Further Information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/master-of-narrative-therapy-and-community-work/
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149Monday to Friday 8am to 9pm AEST/AEDT. Weekends and University of Melbourne observed Public Holidays 10am to 5pm AEST/AEDT.
Time commitment details
680 hours
Additional delivery details
This subject includes 220 hours of professional practice.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
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Prescribed texts
All study materials will be provided.
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Type Name Course Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work - Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022