Social Constructs of Ageing
UndergraduateTAS-CAD1182025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- No ATAR needed, No prior study
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 24 Feb 2025
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Social Constructs of Ageing
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Explore and describe the socio-cultural patterns and dimensions of ageing
- Examine the relevance of culture to experiences of and attitudes to ageing including Indigenous communities
- Critically explore the use of language as applied to ageing and ageing-related health conditions and interventions
- Examine and reflect on your own beliefs and values with respect to ageing and ageism
- Week 1 - Module 1: Key Concepts. Introduction to a social approach to ageing
- Week 2 - Population Ageing: a problem?
- Week 3 - Ageing Norms, Ageism and Language
- Week 4 - Generations and Place
- Week 5 - Module 2: Older Persons on Screen. Introduction to representation
- Week 6 - Film and Television
- Week 7 - Advertising and Healthy Ageing; Positive Ageing
- Week 8 - Module 3: Culture, Gender, Abuse. Cultural constructions of ageing
- Week 9 - First Nations perspectives on ageing
- Week 10 - Gender and Bodies
- Week 11 - Elder Abuse
- Week 12 - Module 4: Voice and Visibility. Future of ageing
- Week 13 - Research and writing week
This subject examines how ageing is a social construct. You will examine how ageing and older age are influenced by factors other than biological ageing alone, from global and local perspectives. You will examine and critique social attitudes towards ageing, the impacts of ageism and social institutions, and how language impacts on our understandings and experiences of ageing and older age. The subject also examines cultural and Indigenous beliefs of ageing and older age, gender differences and elder abuse. This subject requires you to reflect on your own views, values and beliefs toward ageing and older age.
- Quiz (20%)
- Short Essay (20%)
- Video Discussion Starter (20%)
- Reflective Essay on Ageing and Older Age (40%)
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Entry requirements
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Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching arrangement: Online learning - approximately 10 hours per week
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Diploma of Ageing Studies and Services
UndergraduateTAS-AGS-DIP
UndergraduateTAS-DMT-DEG
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