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2024 unit information
Trimester 2: Waterfront (Geelong), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)*
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Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
1 x 2 hour lecture per week supported by weekly online independent and collaborative learning activities.
Online students only: Online independent and collaborative learning activities will support learning across the trimester.
NIKERI-CBD students only: Online independent and collaborative learning activities including online practical experiences (workshops).
NIKERI-CBD students only: there are compulsory intensives for all students at the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute, Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus. These intensives are arranged by year-level.
Please contact the NIKERI Social Work Course Team for more information on 1800 063 383
*National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute students only.
^Online students are expected to attend a one day seminar at Waterfront (Geelong)
This unit provides an overview of theories about the social construction of the self from a critical social work perspective. It will ground these theories in an analysis of human development across the life course in the context of the major social divisions in society. More specifically, the unit explores: agency-structure debates and the role of subjectivity in shaping the self; theories of human and family development across the lifespan, including the social construction of childhood; the self as both a relational and autonomous being; contributions from humanism, feminism, psychoanalysis and postmodern thinking to developing an understanding of the self; and the role of privilege and oppression in shaping the individual.
ULO1
Articulate key terms, and their definitions, which are used in a sociological understanding of the self.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinking
ULO2
Understand and discuss at least two theories of human development.
ULO3
Utilise at least one theory which links the experience and prospects of individuals to the social structure and its major divisions.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO8: Global citizenship
ULO4
Compose a basic reflective account of the relationship of identity, including aspects of privilege and oppression, to social position.
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 below: HSW219 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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