Area: | Faculty of Education, Language Studies and Social Work |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
Seminar: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Further study continuing from Community Education and Consciousness Raising 503, of community education and consciousness-raising, including use of the media, organising human rights campaigns, working with journalists, politicians and opinion leaders. |
| |
Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit - Students will have further developed their understanding and skills in community education and consciousness-rasing. They will be able to work effectively in human rights education campaigns and design and develop community programs and human rights awareness. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Foley, G. (1999) Learning of Social Action. A contribution to Understanding Informal Education, Leicester: NIACE. Freire, P. (1985) The Politics of Education: Culture, Power and Liberation, transl. D. Macedo, Westport, Bergin and Garvey. Freire, P. (1996) Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Harmondsworth, Penguin Books. McLaren, P. (1995) Critical Pedagogy and Predatory Culture, Oppositional Poltics in a Postmodern Era. London, Routledge. McLaren, P.; and Lankshear, C. (eds) (1993) Politics of Liberation: Paths From Freire, London, Routledge. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
| |
Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Essay 80%, Presentation 20%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 90515 Welfare Studies | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
|
Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
|
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
|
