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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

    Inclusive Youth Work Practice

  • Unit Code

    YWK3211

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit examines how young people from various social and cultural groups have different life experiences, different perspectives on life and have different opportunities in life. The unit focuses on understanding the everyday experiences of young people, and examining how youth workers and others who work with young people can work positively with all young people to help them achieve their potential. The unit applies a rights and social justice perspective.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from CSV1102, YWK3107

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded YWK1112

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the politics of constructing social difference, including constructions of gender discourse, sexuality, race and disability.
  2. Critically evaluate approaches currently being utilised in youth work with marginalised groups and discuss ways of bringing about change.
  3. Discuss how discourses about difference (including racist, patriarchal, colonialist and queer theory discourses) shape the everyday experiences and life chances of young people.
  4. Discuss how discourses about difference are used to justify the treatment of youth populations as different, dangerous and inferior.
  5. Formulate a rationale for models and strategies for youth work practice which engage young people currently excluded.

Unit Content

  1. How opportunity and capacity to reach full human potential are influenced by life experiences, and social characteristics such as location, gender, sexual orientation, race, culture and social class.
  2. Social difference in different historical eras and in different places.
  3. Strategies for positive inclusion that are compatible with youth work goals and values.
  4. Identity and discourses of heterosexuality, femininity and masculinity, ethnicity and colonial relations including Aboriginality.
  5. Knowledge and skills to support young people to develop their strengths and establish a positive identity.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops and tutorial sessions or online discussions

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayLinking theory and practice50%
ExaminationClosed book examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayLinking theory and practice50%
ExaminationClosed book examination50%

Text References

  • ^ White, R. & Wyn, J. (2013). Youth and Society: Exploring the social dynamics of youth experience (2nd ed.). South Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
  • Comfort, H., Merton, B., Payne, M., & Flint, W. (2006). Capturing the evidence: Tools and processes for recognising and recording the impact of youth work. Leicester, UK: National Youth Agency. Note: Seminal Reference.
  • Ford, K., Hunter, R., Merton, B., & Walker, D. (2005). Leading and managing youth work and services for young people. Leicester, UK: National Youth Agency. Note: Seminal Reference.

Journal References

  • Young
  • The Journal of Applied Youth Studies
  • The Journal of Youth Studies

^ Mandatory reference

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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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

    Inclusive Youth Work Practice

  • Unit Code

    YWK3211

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit examines how young people from various social and cultural groups have different life experiences, different perspectives on life and have different opportunities in life. The unit focuses on understanding the everyday experiences of young people, and examining how youth workers and others who work with young people can work positively with all young people to help them achieve their potential. The unit applies a rights and social justice perspective.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from CSV1102, YWK3107, YWK1220

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded YWK1112

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Discuss how discourses about difference shape the everyday experiences and life chances of young people and have been used to justify the treatment of some youth populations as different, dangerous and inferior.
  2. Analyse the construction and intersection of social difference and the implications for youth workers and others working with young people.
  3. Based upon critical readings and discussions, develop a repertoire of useful methods that youth workers and other professionals can use to promote social inclusion and positive identity.

Unit Content

  1. Knowledge and skills to support young people to develop their strengths and establish a positive identity.
  2. Theory that explains construction of social difference (for example, class, gender, sexuality, race, Aboriginality, culture, and disability).
  3. How opportunity and capacity to reach full human potential are influenced by life experiences, and social characteristics such as location, gender, sexual orientation, race, culture and social class.
  4. Social difference in different historical eras and in different places, including past and present implications of Australian colonial relations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  5. Methods and strategies for positive inclusion that can be applied in youth work settings and policy strategies to counter adverse effects of discrimination, marginalisation and inter-generational cycles of exclusion.
  6. Discourses about difference (for example, racial , patriarchal, colonial and queer theory )

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops and tutorial sessions or online discussions

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayLinking theory and practice50%
ExaminationClosed book examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayLinking theory and practice50%
ExaminationClosed book examination50%

Text References

  • ^ White, R., & Wyn, J. (2013). Youth and society: Exploring the social dynamics of youth experience. (2nd ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.
  • Comfort, H., Merton, B., Payne, M., & Flint, W. (2006). Capturing the evidence: Tools and processes for recognising and recording the impact of youth work. Leicester, United Kingdom: National Youth Agency. Note: Seminal Reference.
  • Ford, K., Hunter, R., Merton, B., & Walker, D. (2005). Leading and managing youth work and services for young people. Leicester, United Kingdom: National Youth Agency. Note: Seminal Reference.

Journal References

  • Young
  • The Journal of Applied Youth Studies
  • The Journal of Youth Studies

^ Mandatory reference

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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