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EDCX510 Learning in Social Movements

Updated: 24 March 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus B - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions EDCX410 or PDLD410 or PDLD510
Notes None
Combined Units EDCX410 - Learning in Social Movements
Coordinator(s) Bob Boughton (rboughto@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit examines the learning adults undertake through their participation in social movements. Theories of social movement learning are introduced, and students are encouraged to explore their application through case studies of social movements including the labour movement, the women's movement, the environmental movement, the Indigenous rights movement, the antiwar movement and the anti-globalisation movement; or any other progressive social movement in which they have an interest and/or involvement.

Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 50% 3000-3500
Assessment Notes
Individual learning contract
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-4, 7
Assignment 2 50% 3000-3500
Assessment Notes
Essay
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1- 6 GA: 1-4, 7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. discuss some common examples of the learning that adults undertake through participation in progressive political and social movements;
  2. discuss some different analytical and theoretical perspectives on learning in social movements;
  3. critically analyse specific case studies on learning in one or more social movements;
  4. undertake their own investigations of social movement learning in a particular area of interest;
  5. discuss the relationship between social movement learning and the writings of some key radical adult education theorists, including Paulo Freire; and
  6. critically analyse the impact of social movement learning research on the contemporary field of adult education research, with particular reference to globalisation.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Topic notes and readings teach core knowledge in discipline of adult education. Both assignments practise and test this knowledge.
True True True
2 Communication Skills
Both assignments practise and test the students? ability to write papers in the academic genre.
True True
3 Global Perspectives
Topic notes and readings include material from other countries and cultures, and teach about globalization. Both assignments practise and test this knowledge.
True True True
4 Information Literacy
Topic notes encourage use of electronic resources e.g. full-text journal databases. Both assignments require students to access these resources.
True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Lifelong learning is a core foundational concept of contemporary adult education theory, and is discussed in the topic notes and readings.
True
6 Problem Solving
Unit outline poses problems via focus questions, encouraging students to reflect on real-life issues and problems in their own practice.
True True
7 Social Responsibility
Topic notes and readings deal with the ways progressive social movements take responsibility for social change. Assignments test student understanding of the role of social movements in social change.
True True True
8 Team Work
Topic notes and readings emphasise the collective nature of social movement learning and encourage students to learn from their own experiences of such learning.
True
   

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