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Duration
13 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
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- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 27 Feb 2023
- 28 Aug 2023
This research-based university in Perth has a strong interdisciplinary focus and a reputation for outstanding teaching and ground-breaking research. With more than 23,000 students and 2,000 staff from over 90 countries, and campuses in Dubai and Singapore, Murdoch embraces free thinking, shared ideas and knowledge to make a difference, and Open Universities Australia is certainly part of that.
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QS Ranking 2022
27
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
30
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Subject details
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- Introductory ideas about community development
- The history of community development
- Case studies in community development
- Martin Buber and dialogue
- The critical traditions
- Freire and development
- Post-colonial traditions
- Foucault and the post-structural traditions
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Additional requirements
No additional requirements
This subject introduces students to community development ideas and practice, with particular reference to its application in the Australian context. It will examine the emergence of the concept of community development and its meanings across diverse areas of practice. A key focus of the unit will be challenges posed by matching theory and practice in community development. Towards this end students will be expected to become familiar with, and aware of the limitations of key methodologies in community development.
Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport.
- Online discussion page (10%)
- Non-Invigilated Exam (40%)
- Reading journal 1: Topics 1-3 (10%)
- Reading journal 2: Topics 4-8 (40%)
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