School Of Social Sciences And PsychologyCommunity Development: Education for Social JusticeWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101373.2
Discipline: EDUCATION STUDIES
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
60057 - Community Development: Education for Social Justice
About this Unit
This unit provides an overview of theoretical perspectives and debates about the concepts of community, community development and social justice. Students will explore the changing political and social contexts shaping community and community development; and discourses of community and practices of community development underpinned by a social justice perspective within this changing environment. The unit also offers students the opportunity to learn about community development through engagement in a community development project.