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• Unit Title

  Strategies for Social Change

• Unit Code

  YWK3231

• Year

  2020

• Enrolment Period

  2

• Version

  2

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

• Unit Coordinator

  Mr John Matthew SUTCLIFFE

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Description

This unit explores different strategies that have been used to bring about social change. The unit takes a historical perspective to compare and contrast various strategies that have been used in different historical and social circumstances. The unit examines the role of young people in social change and the extent to which youth workers should become involved in supporting young people in this role. The unit examines a variety of forms of activism including how youth workers can work within their own organisations to ensure the organisations remain relevant to young people's needs.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded YWK3230

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Analyse the concept of social change and discuss the role of young people in bringing about change in Australia and elsewhere.
2. Identify the strategies used by activists in Australian and international social movements and analyse the reasons for success or failure in different campaigns.
3. Identify and analyse the practical and ethical considerations for youth workers when working with young people who want to bring about social change.

Unit Content

1. Strategies for social change new and old - case studies of social movements that were effective and the role of young people.
2. Social change and new media.
3. Youth work as social activism, and social action as an opportunity for informal education.
4. Exploration of the concept of social change and how it relates to competing concepts of an ideal society.
5. Exploration of ethical questions about the use of violence, humiliation, or deception to achieve change and contemporary debates relevant to young people, which could include, environmental direct action, ethical hacking and political violence.
6. Exploration of the knowledge and skills base required by individuals in movements to bring about social change.
7. Strategies for social change in different contexts, and questions about the relationship between individual change and societal change.
8. History of recent social movements in Australia and internationally.
9. How to bring about change in youth work organisations to ensure that they remain relevant to their purpose.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and tutorials 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.

Core Reading(s)

• Bergmann, V. (2003). Power, profit, and protest: Australian social movements and globalisation. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/52502304?databaseList=638

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