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Youth Leading Change (EDUC20075)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
July
Overview
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This subject explores young people as change-makers and problem-solvers against a backdrop of social transformation in Australia and globally. It provides students with thinking tools for addressing local and global problems in everyday life and skills for leadership. The subject focuses particularly on the Asia-Pacific region, home for forty-five percent of the world’s youth and a geographical area experiencing dramatic social and economic transformations. Students will be supported to critically analyse the significant opportunities (including new mobilities, educational opportunities) and challenges (for example, increasing inequality, high rates of urbanisation and mental health problems) produced by these transformations in our region. The subject positions young people as part of the solution to challenges produced by social change and views young people as the initiators and managers of change, employing different leadership styles. Case studies will be identified and investigated in class, including those related to issues such as: education (formal and non-formal), employment, public policy, law, health, justice, mobilities and migration, and use of digital communication and popular culture.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- identify and understand the ways in which young people are and can be positioned to participate in social change
- critically analyse real-world case studies where young people are making change in the Asia-Pacific region
- become aware of places and niches where change is possible and needed
- identify the interests, knowledge base (for example, from their undergraduate degree), and skill set that they personally can contribute to making change in their world and the world around them
- critically reflect on their role as an educator or leader in communities
Generic skills
This subject should enable students to
- articulate their role as active global citizens, who can contribute to their communities wherever they live and work
- engage in meaningful public discourse, with a profound awareness of community needs
- understand their role as leaders and educators in communities, able to initiate and implement constructive change in their communities, professions and workplaces
- be aware of their role in creating learning cultures and mentoring future generations of learners
- demonstrate a high level of achievement in writing, generic research activities, problem-solving and communication
- recognise their own skill set and the in-depth knowledge of their specialist discipline(s)
- expand their analytical, cognitive and creative skills through learning experiences with other disciplines
- demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, including an awareness of personal strengths and limitations be critical and creative thinkers, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning
Last updated: 27 April 2024
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: 27 April 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Group presentation
| During the teaching period | 25% |
An essay
| 4 Weeks after the end of teaching | 75% |
Hurdle requirement: This subject has a minimum hurdle requirement of 80% attendance at all tutorials, seminars and workshops. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Dates & times
- July
Principal coordinator Eric Fu Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 32 (4 days 9 to 5 during winter break) Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 10 July 2023 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students will be required to access readings on the LMS. Teaching period 17 July 2023 to 21 July 2023 Last self-enrol date 11 July 2023 Census date 18 July 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 28 July 2023 Assessment period ends 14 August 2023 July contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
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Additional delivery details
Pre-teaching period:
During the pre-teaching period students will be required to complete reading that will be provided via LMS. There will be questions, attached to the readings that students will discuss in the tutorials.
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
A set of readings will be provided via LMS
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Breadth Track Youth, Citizenship and Identity - 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 (Production)
- 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.
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
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 27 April 2024