EDUC6296
Narrative and Discourse Analysis in Education
10 Units
Available in 2013
| WebLearn GradSchool | Semester 2 |
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Previously offered in 2011
This course explores how narrative and discourse analytic approaches can be used in educational research. It will explore the emergence of narrative inquiry and discourse analysis in the social sciences, and examine the issues and debates that centre on their use as research methodologies.
| Objectives | This course provides students with the opportunity to: 1. critically engage with contemporary issues and debates around narrative inquiry and discourse analysis in educational and social science research; 2. explore the ethics and use of narrative inquiry and discourse analysis as research methodologies; 3. develop a capacity for presenting and evaluating narrative and discourse analytic research; and 4. develop a capacity to design research projects based on narrative and discourse analysis. |
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| Content | The following list indicates indicative course content: * Contemporary issues and debates about narrative inquiry and discourse analysis in educational and social science research. * The ethics of narrative and discourse analysis as research methodologies. * Narrative methods of inquiry (i.e. bibliography, auto-ethnography, collective biography, etc.) * Discourse analytic approaches (i.e. Foucauldian, Critical Discourse Analysis, etc.) * Research design. * Approaches to presenting narrative and discourse analytic research. |
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| Replacing Course(s) | NA | ||||
| Transition | NA | ||||
| Industrial Experience | 0 | ||||
| Assumed Knowledge | NA | ||||
| Modes of Delivery | Distance Learning : IT Based Internal Mode |
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| Teaching Methods | Self Directed Learning
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| Contact Hours | Seminar: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term | ||||
| Timetables | 2013 Course Timetables for EDUC6296 |