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HDS730 - Disability and Inclusion: Contemporary Theory and Lived Experience

Year

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Rosie Granland
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 5 scheduled online seminars

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.

Content

This unit engages students in developing a comprehensive understanding about the way disability and inclusion are understood from a contemporary theoretical and policy context. Key conceptual models, international and national legal and policy frameworks are presented, critically examined and applied through examination of social inclusion in contemporary society. Knowledge developed by students in this unit is informed by research and the theory applied through an examination of the lived experience of disability.

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 Critically evaluate historical and contemporary theoretical models of disability and describe the impact of each of these on people with disability and those who support them.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
ULO2 Identify key international and domestic rights based legislation and explain the relevance of these for disability policy, strategy and practice in contemporary diverse society.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO8: Global citizenship
ULO3 Identify key articles of United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD) and discuss their broad impact on the lived experience of people with disabilities and their support network in a contemporary diverse society.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO8: Global citizenship
ULO4 Critically examine current Australian disability policy and provide examples of barriers and enablers to its implementation in contemporary diverse society.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO8: Global citizenship
ULO5 Define and critically appraise social inclusion as it applies to disability related policy and practice and the lived experience of people with disability in contemporary diverse society.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO8: Global citizenship
ULO6 Engage with and reflect on the lived experience of people with disability and contextualise this within contemporary approaches to disability and inclusion.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management
GLO8: Global citizenship
ULO7 Practice a team based collaborative approach to enable inclusion for people with disability.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO7: Teamwork

Assessment

Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)		 Indicative due week
Assessment 1: UNCRPD presentation 20 minutes 40%
  • Week 5
Assessment 2: Written paper 3000 words 60%
  • Week 11

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 HDS730 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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