ALL154 - Power Politics and Texts for Young People
Unit details
| Year: | 2021 unit information |
|---|---|
| Important Update: | Unit delivery will continue to be provided in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. This may include a mix of on-campus and online activities. To find out how you are impacted, please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Unit sites open one week prior to the start of each Trimester/Semester. Thank you for your flexibility and commitment to studying with Deakin in 2021. Last updated: 4 June 2021 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online), CBD* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Paul Venzo |
| Cohort rule: | Nil |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ALL254 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 1 hour class (recordings provided), 1 x 2-hour seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 3 x 1-hour scheduled online seminars before assessments 1, 2, and 3. 11 x 1-hour class (recordings provided) |
Note:*CBD refers to the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute; Community Based Delivery | |
Content
Children’s texts offer models for ways of living in the world by positioning children to identify with characters who want certain things and who behave in specific ways that lead them to success. Never innocent of politics, narratives presented to children tell them about the world and their place within broader cultural institutions. Using theories that interrogate the construction of power and mechanisms of control in contemporary societies, this unit looks at the role children’s texts play in inducting children into value systems. Students will analyse the extent to which children’s texts express or contest the politics of our time.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of ideology, politics, knowledge and power, narrative, visual and screen theory and genre, and the broader research relating to the study of children's texts | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Construct clear, logically structured, cogent, relevant, and grammatically correct written work that employs discipline-specific language and which observes the academic conventions of accurate citation and referencing of secondary sources | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO3 | Perform close textual analysis of and create original responses to prose, visual and screen texts, using evidence from the primary text and secondary research to support interpretation | GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Work independently and take personal responsibility for meeting assessment deadlines, in compliance with Faculty rules applying to extensions, as well as working to improve outcomes through the use of feedback on prior unit assessment | GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO5 | Think ethically about the various social, cultural and political contexts in which children's texts are produced and consumed | GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO6 | Work collaboratively to review critical responses to children's literature, focusing on reader positioning in relation to politics and ideology | GLO7: Teamwork |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 - Exercise | 1000 words or equivalent | 25% | Week 4 |
| Assessment 2 - Essay | 1000 words or equivalent | 25% | Week 8 |
| Assessment 3 - Essay | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: ALL154 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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