Wellbeing, Motivation and Performance (EDUC10057)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
Contact information
Summer Term
Semester 1
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
| Availability | Summer Term Semester 1 |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject explores the science of the factors that enable individuals to operate at the peak of their potential; including how to participate in more engaging activities, how to live healthier, be more resilient, have more satisfying relationships and lead more productive and fulfilling lives.
The subject will explore teachable skills and pathways for cultivating wellbeing. Students will be exposed to a variety of disciplines including psychology, social science, education, philosophy, sports science, sociology, and organisational science.
Students will learn about the historical and philosophical views of a life-well lived; the paradigm shift from problem-focused to strengths-based approaches; and the evolution of the view of the human, from passive stimulus-response beings to active, self-directed agents.
Students will apply interventions that have been evaluated using the scientific method to increase their own wellbeing as well as the wellbeing of those around them.
Intended learning outcomes
Students will:
- Gain an interdisciplinary view of wellbeing.
- Think of ways this knowledge can be used to educate communities and society.
- Distinguish between problem-focused versus strengths-based approaches in education.
- Create innovative exercises deigned to apply this knowledge through practice.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students will able to:
- expand analytical and cognitive skills through developing ways to apply research to education.
- be critical and creative thinkers, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning through exposure to theoretical frameworks across disciplines.
- be well-informed citizens able to contribute wherever they choose to live and work through knowledge of how to increase well-being and in turn, performance outcomes in their communities.
Last updated: 9 April 2025
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: 9 April 2025
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Semester 1
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Wellbeing Intervention
| End of semester | 40% |
Fortnightly quiz response on lectures
| From Week 1 to Week 12 | 20% |
Assignment on wellbeing theories and general research methods
| Mid semester | 40% |
| Hurdle requirement: (Applicable to all teaching periods) Attendance at a minimum of 80% of all tutorials, seminars and workshops. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Summer Term
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Wellbeing Intervention
| At the end of the assessment period | 40% |
Quiz based on lectures
| Throughout the teaching period | 20% |
Assignment on wellbeing theories and general research methods
| End of the teaching period | 40% |
| Hurdle requirement: (Applicable to all teaching periods) Attendance at a minimum of 80% of all tutorials, seminars and workshops. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 9 April 2025
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Principal coordinator Gavin Slemp Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 27 January 2020 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period students will be required to complete readings and experiential exercises that will be provided via LMS. Teaching period 3 February 2020 to 14 February 2020 Last self-enrol date 28 January 2020 Census date 7 February 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 28 February 2020 Assessment period ends 13 March 2020 Summer Term contact information
- Semester 1
Coordinator Rachel Colla Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 9 April 2025
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Breadth Track Positive individuals, organisations and communities - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Links to additional information
- 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.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
Last updated: 9 April 2025