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Unit description

Explores community engagement in higher education through the lens of community engaged scholarship. Community engaged scholarship refers to a mutually beneficial partnership with community through pedagogical or research activities. Principles to guide good community engagement practice will be identified through literature and case studies. Students will develop a plan to apply good practice principles to their work in either community based research or community engaged pedagogy in their own disciplinary context.

Unit content

Topic 1: Global and national context of university-community engagement 
Topic 2: Types of engaged practices in higher education 
Topic 3: Theoretical perspectives on community engaged scholarship and practice 
Topic 4: Community engaged scholarship 
Topic 5: Community engaged practice 
Topic 6: Reflecting on engagement

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:GA1GA2GA3GA4GA5GA6GA7
1Demonstrate an understanding of the scholarship and theoretical perspectives of community engagement as applied to higher educationIntellectual rigour
2Identify and apply principles of good practice in community engaged pedagogy and community based researchLifelong learningCommunication and social skills
3Articulate and demonstrate a community engaged scholarship approach in teaching and learning or research to their own disciplinary context/sIntellectual rigourLifelong learningCommunication and social skills
4Critically reflect on their own community engaged practice and scholarshipIntellectual rigourLifelong learningCommunication and social skills

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

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the scholarship and theoretical perspectives of community engagement as applied to higher education
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
  2. Identify and apply principles of good practice in community engaged pedagogy and community based research
    • GA5: Lifelong learning
    • GA6: Communication and social skills
  3. Articulate and demonstrate a community engaged scholarship approach in teaching and learning or research to their own disciplinary context/s
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA5: Lifelong learning
    • GA6: Communication and social skills
  4. Critically reflect on their own community engaged practice and scholarship
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA5: Lifelong learning
    • GA6: Communication and social skills

Teaching and assessment

Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every session. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

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Fee information

Domestic

Commonwealth Supported courses
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Commencing 2020 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 1

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