Positive Communities and Organisations (EDUC20074)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
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In this subject, students will use a systems lens to explore and evaluate how theories on wellbeing, ethics and virtues are being applied to education settings, workplaces and communities.
Students will investigate key questions such as: How can schools and educational institutions support the wellbeing of students, teachers, staff and wider community members? How can workplaces foster wellbeing in employees and assist their local communities to thrive? What are the issues to consider? How do societies and nations measure wellbeing and develop policies to support collective wellbeing?
Students will examine and appraise how wellbeing insights are being taught and applied in educational, organisational or community settings; analyse the role of wellbeing and virtues with respect to both subjective and objective outcomes; and assess implications of cross-cultural issues as well as trends in wellbeing policy.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Examine the impact of wellbeing on individual and collective health and social outcomes.
- Articulate how the skills of wellbeing can be taught in education settings.
- Distinguish the role of strengths-based versus deficit-based approaches in systems.
- Assess and debate the role of institutions and organisations needing to be virtuous, ethical and socially responsible.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Devise and facilitate constructive change in their communities through knowledge and application of innovative methods and tools to teach wellbeing skills.
- Reflect and critically analyse contemporary local, national and global issues, considering social, cultural ethical and environmental elements underpinning collective wellbeing.
- Present, explain, and participate in meaningful public discourse, with a profound awareness of community needs, and the relationship between wellbeing and a variety of individual and collective outcomes.
- Integrate cross-disciplinary knowledge that draws on multiple areas, including education, psychology, and business.
Last updated: 14 March 2025