Module Identifier | HY32520 | |||||||||||||||||
Module Title | ORAL HISTORY: THE PAST IN THE PRESENT | |||||||||||||||||
Academic Year | 2007/2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Dr Owen G Roberts | |||||||||||||||||
Semester | Semester 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Other staff | Mr Owen Roy Collins | |||||||||||||||||
Mutually Exclusive | HY32820 , HY33420 , HY34820 , HY34320 , HY34620 , HY34520 , HA33320 , HY34720 , HY32720 | |||||||||||||||||
Course delivery | Seminars / Tutorials | 10 x 2 hour seminars 2 x 15 minute tutorials for feedback on written work 1 x 30 minute planning tutorial | ||||||||||||||||
Assessment |
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1) Introduction to Oral History
2) Project Design
3) Interview Techniques of Oral History
4) Ethics and Oral History
5) Memory and Oral History
6) Transcription and Oral History
7) Understanding Memory
8) Project Update
9) Analyzing Interviews
10) Group Presentations
Two tutorials of 15 minutes, primarily for giving feedback on written work. Also, project planning tutorial of 30 minutes.
Problem solving | Locating interviewees, assessing interviews, managing time and project. | ||
Research skills | Seminar discussion and essay-writing. The Latter is formally assessed. | ||
Communication | Interviewing and assessing source materials. Assessed through recordings, interview summary, interview log and transcription. | ||
Improving own Learning and Performance | Written work will be returned in tutorials where advice will be given on improving students¿ research and interview techniques. Key to this process of self-reflection will be peer evaluation in an active learning environment. | ||
Team work | Students will work together in seminar preparation and discussion. Access to limited recording equipments will encourage collaboration. | ||
Information Technology | Locating source materials and surveying the historiography on the subject using various search tools. | ||
Personal Development and Career planning | This module will help develop communication and writing skills. Other activities, including research, assessment of information and writing in a critical and clear manner, will further develop skills of analysis and presentation. Studying this module puts students directly in contact with people outside the university setting, and demystifies the process primary research. |
This module is at CQFW Level 6