UNIT INFORMATION

Disclaimer

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.

MYS5103 From Alienation to Engagement
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Credit Points: 15
 
Description:
This unit focuses on the determinants and consequences of youth alienation and disaffection. It examines educational and social programs that have proved successful in addressing these issues, and provides an opportunity for students to research community youth agencies and services that can support schools and teachers. It is particularly concerned with how 'at risk' adolescents can be identified, and how schools can be responsive to their needs. The notion of ‘Health Promoting Schools’ is introduced. This unit is also concerned with the power of the media in influencing and constructing youth, and how youth, especially Australian, constructs itself. Issues pertaining to society’s perceptions and expectations of youth, particularly in Australia, are investigated too.

Full Unit Outline
 
 
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, Graduate Attributes 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 Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website:
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity

Last Updated - Higher Education: 4/30/2009 VET: 4/30/2009