School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Ideology and Youth Work Practice
  • Unit Code

    YWK3107
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Trudi COOPER

Description

This unit examines how different ideologies and worldviews influence youth policy, youth work, and young people's perception of the world and their place in the world. The unit explores both political and faith perspectives. The unit examines how different values and assumptions lead to political disagreement about youth policy. In this context students have an opportunity to examine values and assumptions related to human nature, human rights, liberty, social justice, human purpose, our relationship with the natural world and about what constitutes an ideal society. The unit relates these themes back to youth policy, youth work and to young people.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed 1 unit from YWK1101 Principles of Youth Work or YWK1220 Youth Issues.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded YWK1107.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the implications of major political and faith ideologies for youth work policy and practice.
  2. Critically compare the application of different ideologies to contemporary issues in youth work and youth policy.
  3. Integrate theoretical understanding of ideology with personal and professional values to explore implications for future career choices in work with young people.
  4. Discuss how ideologies that have influenced youth work methods and practices in Australia and internationally.

Unit Content

  1. Political ideologies as a framework for action in youth work.
  2. Competing ideologies and the purpose of youth work.
  3. Questions about youth work and human nature, ecology, feminism, fascism, the role of the state, the role of religion in society.
  4. How politics affects youth policies and youth work policies.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorial and online discussion

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayA discussion of political ideologies and a youth policy issue or a youth work policy issue 50%
TestOpen book test. Four short essay answers that apply learning from across this unit to a youth policy issue or to a youth work concern. 50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayA discussion of political ideologies and a youth policy issue or a youth work policy issue 50%
TestOpen book test. Four short essay answers that apply learning from across this unit to a youth policy issue or to a youth work concern. 50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Ideology and Youth Work Practice
  • Unit Code

    YWK3107
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Trudi COOPER

Description

This unit examines how different ideologies and worldviews influence youth policy, youth work, and young people's perception of the world and their place in the world. The unit explores both political and faith perspectives. The unit examines how different values and assumptions lead to political disagreement about youth policy. In this context students have an opportunity to examine values and assumptions related to human nature, human rights, liberty, social justice, human purpose, our relationship with the natural world and about what constitutes an ideal society. The unit relates these themes back to youth policy, youth work and to young people.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed 1 unit from YWK1101 Principles of Youth Work or YWK1220 Youth Issues.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded YWK1107.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the implications of major political and faith ideologies for youth work policy and practice.
  2. Critically compare the application of different ideologies to contemporary issues in youth work and youth policy.
  3. Integrate theoretical understanding of ideology with personal and professional values to explore implications for future career choices in work with young people.
  4. Discuss how ideologies that have influenced youth work methods and practices in Australia and internationally.

Unit Content

  1. Political ideologies as a framework for action in youth work.
  2. Competing ideologies and the purpose of youth work.
  3. Questions about youth work and human nature, ecology, feminism, fascism, the role of the state, the role of religion in society.
  4. How politics affects youth policies and youth work policies.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorial and online discussion

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayA discussion of political ideologies and a youth policy issue or a youth work policy issue 50%
TestOpen book test. Four short essay answers that apply learning from across this unit to a youth policy issue or to a youth work concern. 50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayA discussion of political ideologies and a youth policy issue or a youth work policy issue 50%
TestOpen book test. Four short essay answers that apply learning from across this unit to a youth policy issue or to a youth work concern. 50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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