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Unit of Study TCH03410 - Community Engagement: Scholarship and Practice (2015)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    8

  • Level of learning

    Introductory

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Explores community engagement in higher education through the lens of community engaged scholarship. Community engaged scholarship refers to a mutually beneficial partnership with community through pedagogical or research activities. Principles to guide good community engagement practice will be identified through literature and case studies. Students will develop a plan to apply good practice principles to their work in either community based research or community engaged pedagogy in their own disciplinary context.

Unit content

Topic 1: Global and national context of university-community engagement 
Topic 2: Types of engaged practices in higher education 
Topic 3: Theoretical perspectives on community engaged scholarship and practice 
Topic 4: Community engaged scholarship 
Topic 5: Community engaged practice 
Topic 6: Reflecting on engagement

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Not currently available in 2015

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 Demonstrate an understanding of the scholarship and theoretical perspectives of community engagement as applied to higher education
2 Identify and apply principles of good practice in community engaged pedagogy and community based research
3 Articulate and demonstrate a community engaged scholarship approach in teaching and learning or research to their own disciplinary context/s
4 Critically reflect on their own community engaged practice and scholarship

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the scholarship and theoretical perspectives of community engagement as applied to higher education
    • GA1:
  2. Identify and apply principles of good practice in community engaged pedagogy and community based research
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  3. Articulate and demonstrate a community engaged scholarship approach in teaching and learning or research to their own disciplinary context/s
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  4. Critically reflect on their own community engaged practice and scholarship
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
    • GA6: