Courses Handbook 2010

309056 (v.2) SW 483 - An Introduction to Narrative Practice


Area: Department of Social Work
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 2.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Individual Study: 1 x 8 Hours Weekly
Workshop: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 3681 (v.7) Social Policy 303 or any previous version
AND
4055 (v.9) Working in Human Service Organisations 301 or any previous version
AND
    10770 (v.4) SW 324 - Advanced Practice or any previous version
    OR
    6948 (v.4) SW 399 - Honours Research or any previous version
AND
13196 (v.4) Working in Aboriginal Contexts 300 or any previous version
Syllabus: Introduces students to the foundational ideas and skills of a poststructuralist narrative approach to working with individuals, groups and communities. From a narrative perspective human beings make sense of their lived experiences through storytelling. These 'identity stories' colour the meaning given to past events, shape the interpretation of present happenings and influence the prediction of future possibilities. Taking a narrative stance, counsellors can invite people to notice alternative and preferred accounts of their lives, assisting them to move towards more satisfying ways of living.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 090501 Social Work
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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