HDS730 - Disability and Inclusion: Contemporary Theory and Lived Experience
Unit details
Year: | 2019 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Trimester 1 Unit Chair: | Joanne Watson |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | Nil |
Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online): | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 5 scheduled online seminars |
Content
This unit engages students in developing a comprehensive understanding about the way disability and inclusion are understood from a contemporary theoretical and policy context. Key conceptual models, international and national legal and policy frameworks are presented, critically examined and applied through examination of social inclusion in contemporary society. Knowledge developed by students in this unit is informed by research and the theory applied through an examination of the lived experience of disability.
Assessment
Assessment task 1: UNCRPD presentation (20 minutes) 40%
Assessment task 2: Written paper (3000 words) 60%
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