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Undergraduate UNE-HSSW168-2020

Responding to Disability and Ageing

Challenge what you know about people who are ageing or have a disability. Pick apart traditional concepts and seek alternative perspectives. Think about what disability and ageing mean to the individual and community and reflect on your experiences.

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$2,000 $2,500

Your upfront cost: $0

International student?

Duration

16 weeks

Study method

Online and other materials

Available loans

  • FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

  • 29 Jun 2020
University of New England

The University of New England is the only Australian public university to be awarded the maximum 5 stars for Overall Experience by the Good Universities Guide, 13 years in a row. UNE has delivered distance education since 1955—that’s longer than any other Australian university. Perhaps that’s why students continue to rate UNE so highly for student satisfaction and teaching quality. With over 170 degrees offered online, and more than 20,000 online students, UNE is the expert in online education.

QS RANKING 2020

34

Times Higher Education Ranking 2020

N/A

  • 2020

Subject details

What you'll learn

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. identify the traditional concepts of disability and ageing and consider alternative theoretical perspectives;
  2. comprehend and reflect on the personal experience of disability and ageing;
  3. demonstrate an understanding of person centred care of people who are ageing and/or have a disability;
  4. demonstrate an understanding of the organisational context that informs practice with people who are ageing and/or have a disability; and
  5. describe the divergence and convergence that occur between the concepts of ageing and disability.
Topics covered
    • 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.
Entry requirements

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

Elective
  • UNE-CWW-DIP-2020

Special requirements

  • EquipmentDetails - 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).
  • SoftwareDetails - 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.
  • OtherDetails -

    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.

Description

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.

Assessments

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%)
Textbooks


Textbook information is pending.

Related degrees

undergraduate UNE-CWW-DIP-2020

Diploma in Community Welfare and Wellbeing

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