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Shifting Paradigms in Ageing (POPH90273)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Term 1
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
OR
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: MSPGH Website
- Email: Enquiry Form
Overview
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Populations are ageing globally and the Master of Ageing program is designed to produce leaders in the field of ageing who are able to develop new approaches and policies that help shape the societal shift that will inevitably occur. To this end, the Shifting Paradigms in Ageing subject aims to provide students with skills and techniques to think laterally and shift paradigms. As Einstein said “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” Ageing is also about opportunity, and this subject will enhance the ability to recognise and leverage that potential.
This eight-week online subject will draw on frameworks, methodologies and techniques from philosophy, education, science, business, marketing and design, combined with object-based learning and trans-disciplinary practice to enable the identification and critical analysis of socio-cultural contexts and paradigms with a focus on ageing.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- Critically discuss, analyse and assess existing paradigms around ageing
- Formulate a reflective argument outlining why and how these paradigms could be shifted for more positive, scaleable and sustainable outcomes
- Demonstrate the application of one or more of the frameworks, methodologies and techniques discussed throughout the subject.
- Conceive of and articulate new approaches to policies around ageing
Generic skills
Students will be provided with the opportunity to practice and reinforce:
- High-level skills in critical thinking and analysis
- Advanced reflective writing skills
- The ability to make connections between theoretical concepts and frameworks to everyday practice
- Competency in sourcing, assessing and applying evidence
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Weekly contribution to online discussions (10%)
- A 20 slide presentation that examines an experience or context from two angles. Includes a summary of what was learnt from the exercise. Due in the middle of the teaching period (20%)
- Weekly contribution to online reflective journal including an end of term summary of highlights. (20%)
- Written essay describing and critically analysing one or more of the underlying paradigms using one or more of the four lenses presented in the subject. Articulate alternative approaches and their potential outcomes. 2,500 words due at the end of the teaching period (50%).
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Term 1 - Online
Principal coordinator Lena Gan Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 30 Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 29 January 2018 Teaching period 5 February 2018 to 1 April 2018 Last self-enrol date 30 January 2018 Census date 23 February 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 March 2018 Assessment period ends 8 April 2018 Term 1 contact information
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
OR
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: MSPGH Website
- Email: Enquiry Form
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
During the pre-teaching period students are given the opportunity to get used to the online platform, meet the instructors/tutors and become familiar with how to access resources before the teaching period starts.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Students will have access to electronic copies of relevant readings
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Certificate in Ageing Course Specialist Certificate in Ageing Course Master of Ageing Course Graduate Diploma in Ageing Course Master of Public Health Informal specialisation Ageing - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022