Undergraduate - UnitATS3848 - Insights into practice

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Gippsland First semester 2014 (Day) Gippsland First semester 2014 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Debra Manning

Notes

Previously coded SCW3303

Synopsis

This unit focuses on theory, research and practice issues pertaining to a major approach to social and community welfare practice. We study theories of oppression and privilege and critically examine approaches to anti-oppressive and transformative practice at individual, community, structural and international levels. Particular emphasis is on understanding the role of privilege in producing and maintaining discrimination and oppression, before exploring transformative counselling approaches and strategies to promote organisational and social change in fields including disability, child protection and violence against women.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the unit, students will have developed:

an understanding of theories of oppression and privilege as well as anti-oppressive and transformative approaches critical to socially just practice at individual, community organisational and international levels;
an awareness of the centrality of personal, societal and cultural values and beliefs in approaches to practice in counselling, community development, and social policy;
skills in critical analysis and research methods in a specific theoretical and practice context.