DEVELOPMENT AND DISADVANTAGE PLACEMENT
DST3DDP
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject students are offered an intense learning-by-immersion experience into the theory and practice of international development in a developing country through a placement in an in-country development organisation. The development organisation may include non-government organisations and development-related academic research centres working in the areas of community development, displacement, refugee services and advocacy, human rights, gender and development, environment, and sustainable development. The placement, seminars and written assignments will focus on students' learning and reflection about the theory and practice of development.
School: School of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Wendy Mee
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of International Development (ABID) and Associated double degrees (HZHSID and SZASID) and completion of DST2CTD, DST2GAD or ANT2DGC AND coordinator's approval.
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: ANT2DDD, ANT3DDD, DST2DDP
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: Students need the approval of the subject coordinator and to meet overseas placement criteria to enrol in this subject.
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Conduct participant observation and summarise research and arguments using relevant literature.
- Activities:
- Journal, field notes report.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
- Writing(Writing)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
- Speaking(Speaking)
02. Critically analyse the impact of historical and contemporary global processes on social groups in developing countries.
- Activities:
- Journal, field notes report, research essay.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
- Writing(Writing)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
03. Critically reflect on and apply key ethical and cultural issues in development.
- Activities:
- Journal, field notes report, research essay.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Writing(Writing)
04. Evaluate and apply knowledge of development approaches to solve problems.
- Activities:
- Journal, field notes report, research essay.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Writing(Writing)
- Speaking(Speaking)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
- Teamwork(Teamwork)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
05. Evaluate and apply social science perspectives to understanding cultural practices and issues.
- Activities:
- Journal, field notes report, research essay.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Writing(Writing)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
06. Produce a sustained, complex written essay that critically evaluates the development organisation (its program, methods, approach, etc.) in relation to a specific development issue.
- Activities:
- Research essay.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Writing(Writing)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)