Course Description
Students will study and engage in narrative forms of inquiry. Topics include the historical, philosophical, and methodological landscape of narrative inquiry, writing and representation, ethics and politics, and contemporary examples.
Athena Title
Narrative Inquiry
Prerequisite
QUAL 8400
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to
• Critically analyze examples of narrative inquiry;
- • Evaluate the contributions of narrative inquiry to understanding the social world;
- • Conceptualize appropriate narrative analysis projects using narratives in oral, written, and visual forms;
- • Design a narrative study;
- • Demonstrate reflexivity in process of conducting narrative research;
- • Write a narrative account that demonstrates understanding of narrative inquiry as a research design;
- • Articulate ethical issues relevant to the conduct of narrative inquiry; and
- • Demonstrate understanding of the range of representational approaches used in narrative writing.
Topical Outline
- TOPICAL OUTLINE:
1. Background and history of narrative inquiry
- 2. Theoretical frameworks
- 3. Examining narrative inquiry across disciplines and methodologies
- 4. Designing narrative research
- 5. Collecting narrative data
- 6. Approaches to analysis
- 7. Ethics and reflexivity
- 8. Writing narrative inquiry
- 9. Quality and representation
