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Crafting Your Leadership and Career (EDUC30072)

Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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In this subject, students will explore approaches to career choice, career management, and leadership that enable wellbeing, high quality motivation, and performance. Drawing on design thinking and implementation science, students will have the opportunity to craft their own career and education development plan, applying the science to their future development.

Students will investigate key questions such as: How much does money matter? What are the factors that promote flourishing in education and throughout one’s career? What approaches can be used to promote flourishing in ongoing learning, education, and career development practices? How can I develop leadership skills that can be used to help individuals and organisations to thrive?

This subject will draw on a range of reflective learning, experiential learning, and skill-building techniques and exercises to enable students to develop a tool-kit to foster flourishing over the course of their education and career.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • Describe how wellbeing science can underpin career and leadership development.
  • Analyse and apply key research and frameworks from a variety of disciplines, with a key focus on the field of positive organisational scholarship.
  • Apply empowering leadership practices and frameworks in the provision of feedback and coaching conversations.
  • Use design thinking approaches to foster ongoing learning, education, and development.
  • Produce a portfolio that demonstrates the reflection and application of key concepts in the development of their career and leadership.

Generic skills

In this subject, students will develop the following set of key transferable skills:

  • Critical and creative thinking
  • Reflective and narrative skills
  • Application of theory to practice
  • Written and oral communication skills

Last updated: 3 October 2024