Module Details
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Title Narrative Interviewing
Code SOCI524
Coordinator Professor C Kierans
Public Health, Policy & Systems
C.Kierans@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2022-23 Level 7 FHEQ Second Semester 5

Aims

• To introduce the student to the theoretical and analytical principles of narrative research

• To provide students with the technical skills for conducting, transcribing and analysing narrative interviews

• To understand the contributions and limitations of using narrative inquiry in social science research

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Distinguish between story, narrative and biographical forms of research.

(LO2) Demonstrate an understanding of the specific contributions narrative research makes to different disciplinary modes of inquiry in the social sciences

(LO3) Plan a narrative interview, and use at least one technique of analysis

(LO4) Show a grasp of a variety of modes of representing and writing up narrative research

(S1) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Academic writing (inc. referencing skills)

(S2) Critical thinking and problem solving - Creative thinking

(S3) Critical thinking and problem solving - Synthesis

Syllabus
 

Introduction to Narrative Research: storytelling as cultural practice

Designing Narrative Interviews

Analytical Possibilities in Narrative Research

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: Lectures will be used to outline the theoretical, conceptual, analytical approaches to narrative inquiry as well as introducing the students to the techniques of narrative interviewing.
Attendance Recorded: No

Teaching Method 2 - Group Project
Description: Group work will facilitate discussion on the contributions and limitations of narrative inquiry, provide an opportunity for reflecting on the course readigns as well as hands-on experience in learning the practice of narrative analysis
Attendance Recorded: No

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours           3

 3
Timetable (if known)           90 mins X 2 totaling 3
  		 
Private Study 47
TOTAL HOURS 50

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Assessment 1 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2  0    100       

Recommended Texts
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