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2022 unit information
Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates.
Last updated: 4 March 2022
Not offered in 2022
From 2023:
Trimester 2: Cloud (online)*
Nil
AID614, AID714, ADS714
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
Learning experiences are via FutureLearn and will include 5 x scheduled online seminars PLUS online independent and collaborative discussions and learning activities
*This unit uses the FutureLearn online learning platform. Learn more about studying through FutureLearn
Topics to be addressed in this unit include: key debates in gender and development (human rights, feminisation of poverty, historical treatment of gender and development); major theories of gender, sexuality and power; gender and development institutions; case studies (gender-based violence, gender and economic participation, health and reproduction, education)
Identify and critically analyse the gendered dimensions of contemporary international and community development
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO8: Global citizenship
Critically evaluate the evolution of theories of gender and sexuality in the context of gender and development
Generate informed approaches to address intersecting issues of gender, culture and development
GLO5: Problem solving
Apply community development principles and practices to contextually informed gender interventions
GLO6: Self-management
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ADH714 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list.
Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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