ALL326 - Gender, Sexuality and Texts for Young People
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Kristine Moruzi |
| Prerequisite: | Successful completion of at least one second year English - Literature or Gender and Sexuality Studies unit |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ALL226, ALL626 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour lecture per week (livestreamed, recordings provided) 1 x 2-hour seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (livestreamed, recordings provided) 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Note:*Community Based Delivery (CBD): only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus) | |
Content
Both traditional and new media texts incorporate representations of the child that are gendered, sexualised, pathologised and commodified. In this unit, students critically engage with a range of texts representing the child as embodied subject, and research and respond to the politics of representation. Building on their understanding of narrative theory, ideology, power and identity as they operate in literature and other textual forms, students investigate how texts intervene in the construction of the embodied child as a gendered and sexual subject.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Identify and apply concepts and theories pertaining to gender, sexuality and embodiment in the various social, cultural and ethical contexts in which children's texts are produced and consumed | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO2 | Construct clear, logically-structured, grammatically correct written work, which observes the academic conventions of accurate citation and referencing of secondary sources | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO3 | Locate and access e-readings available on the unit site, and show judgment in the location and selection of appropriate scholarly material via the library and web, and use these materials in assessments as instructed | GLO3: Digital literacy |
| ULO4 | Critically analyse prose and visual texts, using evidence from the primary text and secondary research to support interpretation. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Online quiz | 600 words or equivalent | 15% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2: Written exercise | 1400 words | 35% | Week 6 |
| Assessment 3: Critical essay | 2000 words | 50% | Week 12 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for ALL326 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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