Collaborative Action for Social Justice module (CO31004)

This module explores social justice policy and practice from a local and global perspective.

You will identify the ways we can work collaboratively. This is to promote social justice and human rights.

You will use a critical framework. This is to develop a learning climate of participation, dialogue, and critical thinking. From there you will foster collaboration within the classroom.

This module will cover the following key areas:

• the implementation and impact of international, national, and local policy on collaborative practice
• socio-political challenges and issues of collaborative approaches in achieving social justice
• ‘paradigm shifts’ within collaborative policy and practice (e.g. challenging discrimination and oppression)

What you will learn

In this module, you will:

• critically evaluate collaborative international, national, and local strategic approaches in terms of their impact on social justice
• develop your ability to critically analyse the impact of collaborative practice in working towards social justice
• construct strategies to increase the efficacy of collaborative practice towards social justice
• develop group, communication, and collaboration skills

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• deconstruct and reconstruct policies influencing collaborative approaches at international, national, and local levels
• critically debate the past and present collaborative strategic approaches in community learning and development in relation to social justice themes
• evidence awareness of cultural difference in contrasting and comparing international approaches to increasing the efficacy of collaborative practice
• work in partnership to develop and reflect on enquiry-based learning skills
• formulate alternative strategic approaches to improve collaborative working towards social justice
• assess the validity and credibility of collaborative practice in achieving social justice outcomes
• engage with and critically analyse how a wide range of professions engage with individuals, groups, and communities to achieve obtainable social justice outcomes

Assignments / assessment

• individual and group presentation (100%)
  • you will present individually for 5 minutes. This will be part of a wider group presentation of 30 – 40 minutes. This will depend on the number of students in each group
  • set in Week 1
  • due in Week 12
  • 30 hours of effort expected

This module does not have a final exam.

Teaching methods / timetable

• lectures (one 2 hour session weekly in semester 1)
• seminars (two 1 hour group sessions)
• peer learning groups (self-directed groupwork to prepare for the presentations)

Typically, the programme of sessions looks like this: