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Introduction to Community Development

Indigenous Community Development

Community Health and Wellbeing

Building Cultural Capability in Health and Community Services

Development in Practice

Making Development Matter

Creative Ways to Work with Community

Transforming Lives Through Care

Overseas Aid and International Development

Social Policy and Community Action

In this subject you will focus on the practical skills used in development work. Guest speakers from various agencies share their experiences of the development field, providing you with an opportunity to draw on professional expertise. The subject is organised around the idea of the &#39;development project&#39;. You are introduced to key development tools, processes and debates surrounding the implementation of development projects. On completion you will be familiar with grant proposal writing, practical tools used in development, and with debates about the best forms of development intervention. In this subject, you will develop and deploy a tool kit of practical techniques and strategies to address sustainability and development challenges that transcend borders, in culturally aware ways that promote community agency and social cohesion. You are encouraged to explore a particular region of interest, for example, Latin America, Africa, Asia or the Pacific.This is a level 3 subject. Please consider the subject pre-requisites before enrolling.

This subject introduces you to historical and contemporary approaches to and perspectives on sustainable international and community development. Weekly topics will provide an opportunity for you to critically debate evolving contemporary development perspectives on global issues such as poverty, sustainability, justice, social change and community, as well as question the relevance of concepts such as &#39;overseas&#39; development assistance, capacity-building, and participatory development . The subject enables you to understand and question the dynamics of change in the development sector and the generation and effective management of new ideas about &quot;making development matter&quot;. Through collaboration and effective communication you will further development their creativity in resolving complex development challenges and their capacity to apply theory, locate and synthesise knowledge resources, prioritise meaningful action, and manage associated risks.

Care is crucial to human existence. Babies cannot survive without care; through our lives we are called to care for others; and we often need to be cared for ourselves. So it is that nurses, social workers, psychologists, teachers and others care in a variety of professional contexts. We can also care in informal and personal ways, such as with our family, congregation, community, and other groups. Indeed, care is central to many contemporary social issues, including ageing populations, healthcare systems, and social justice. But it also takes different forms in different cultures. So what is care? How and why do we care for others? How does caring transform them and us? Anthropologists have provided fascinating insight into these questions. In this subject, you will learn the basics of anthropology and how these can apply to caring in diverse places and circumstances. This Level 1 subject is suitable as an elective for all students.

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