Responding to Disability and Ageing

• • Topics will be available to enrolled students in the subjects Learning Management System site approximately one week prior to the commencement of the teaching period.

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• UNE-CWW-DIP-2021

Additional requirements

• Equipment requirements - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media) Headset, including microphone (highly recommended) Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or media presentations).
• Software requirements - Please refer students to link for requirements: For additional information please visit UNE Hardware Requirements: https://www.une.edu.au/current-students/support/it-services/hardware It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units, regardless of whether they contain an on campus attendance or intensive school component.
• Other requirements -

  Textbook requirements:

  Textbook information is not available until approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the Teaching period.

  Students are expected to purchase prescribed material.

  Textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

This unit presents students with the foundational theoretical frameworks needed to analyse and critique commonly held assumptions and perceptions about disability and ageing. Students will also develop their reflective skills and in so doing be able to comprehend what disability and/or ageing might mean for an individual, group and community. Students apply a social lense and a person centred framework to their practice, within a given organisational context.

Assessment 1: 2000 words; Essay; Relates to Learning Outcomes: 1, 3, 4 Assessment 2: 2000 words; Essay; Relates to Learning Outcomes: 1-5

• Assessment 1 (50%)
• Assessment 2 (50%)

Current study term: 27 Jun 21 to 24 Sep 21