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Indigenous Social Change Project (INDG90007)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
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This subject provides the opportunity for Fellows of the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity (AFSE program) to develop a social change project intended to advance Indigenous social equity. It runs throughout the Fellowship year and is designed to complement and build upon the five subjects of the Master of Social Change Leadership, culminating in a significant research-based project proposal. The subject focuses on the role and impact of fellowship and collaboration to advance Indigenous-led social change. Fellows will create a project proposal designed to consolidate their learning and social change approach. This may be through the design and delivery of an experience or event, opportunity for collective thought leadership, platform for influence or independent scholarly research output.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, Fellows should be able to:
- Demonstrate a detailed, critical understanding of aims, practicalities and limitations of their social change project
- Demonstrate a detailed, critical understanding of the applied and theoretical knowledge pertaining to their social change project
- Apply rigorous methods of inquiry and appropriate methodologies to their social change project with a respect for ethical values
- Demonstrate skills in planning and developing a detailed and defensible proposal for social change practice/research
- Work effectively as a member of a project team to devise, test and pitch a proposal for a social change project
- Articulate a monitoring and evaluation plan as part of the project outline.
Generic skills
In this subject, Fellows will develop the following set of key transferable skills:
- Critical thinking and reasoning
- Creative thinking and innovation
- Problem solving
- Leadership
- Teamwork and professional networking and collaboration
- Self-reflection, career awareness and lifelong learning
- Enhanced writing and communication skills.
Last updated: 8 November 2024