Course Details in 2018/19 Session

Module Title	LM Narrative Research
School	COS - College Hub
Department	COS - College Hub
Module Code	08 21875
Module Lead	Dr Nicki Ward, Dr Bob Matthews
Level	Masters Level
Credits	10
Semester	Full Term
Pre-requisites	LM Social Research Methods I - (08 21879) LM Social Research Methods II - (08 21878)
Co-requisites
Restrictions	MA Social Research
Exclusions
Description	Narrative data collection and analysis is a technique usually associated with qualitative research and very strongly associated with the interpretivist paradigm. There is something quite unusual and significant about this type of data collection; something that makes it different from most of the other methods. This is because the form of data collected in narrative research is not the sort of data with which researchers are most familiar. Instead of collecting `facts', what researchers are actually collecting is the way in which the participant(s) have organised the information into a story. It is, therefore, the story (and the process of organisation) that is our data. This module will provide students with the knowledge needed to identify situations in which narrative research may be appropriate and the skills to conduct narrative research. Teaching will be focussed on two areas; the design and use of narrative data collection techniques and processes for narrative data analysis.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module the student should be able to: Appreciate the unique nature of narrative (process and content) and it¿s potential applications Identify different approaches to narrative data collection Apply at least one approach of narrative data collection Identify different approaches to narrative analyses Apply narrative analysis to data
Assessment	21875-01 : assignment : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: Assignment: 2500 words Reassessment: Resubmission of summative assignment
Other	None
Reading List	Czarniawska, B. (2004) Narratives in Social Science Research, London, Sage. Lawler, S. (2002) `Narratives in Social Research' in May, T. (Ed) (2002) Qualitative Research in Action, London, Sage. Lieblich A, Tuval-Mashiach, R and Zilber, T, (1998), Narrative Research: Reading, Analysis and Interpretation, Applied Social Research Methods Series, London, Sage. Miller, R L, (2000), Researching Life Stories and Family Histories, London, Sage. Koch, T, (1998), `Story telling: is it really research?', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28(6): 1182-1190. Reissman, C K, (1993), Narrative Analysis: Qualitative Research Methods Series: 30, London, Sage