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FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND ARTS School of ARTS Melbourne Campus (St Patricks) SEMESTER 2, 2021 YSED104: THE DEVELOPING YOUNG PERSON UNIT OUTLINE Credit points: 10 Prerequisites: Nil Paul Chalkley

Lecturer in Charge: Office location:

Melbourne

Email:

[email protected]

Telephone:

(03) 9953 3860

Contact me:

Via email to make an appointment or to ask a question

Unit rationale, description and aim: Youth workers and other professions working with young people need understanding and skills in adolescence development: a distinct period of the lifespan influenced by a range of physiological, psychological and social influences that impact on a young person’s health and well-being. This unit introduces the concept of adolescent development and examines the diversity of adolescent experience. This subject will address the major areas of physical, cognitive and socio-emotional development in particular issues pertaining to puberty, sexuality and identity. Contemporary sociocultural factors that influence adolescent development as well as the role of parents, families and peers are considered. The aim of this unit is to equip the youth worker and other professions working with young people with an understanding of the critical health issues that face young people, such as mental health and well-being, relationships, drug and alcohol use, identity and sexuality. Teaching team: Lecturer In Charge (LIC): Paul Chalkley Lecturer and Tutor: Kelda Robinson

[email protected] Weeks 1- 12

[email protected]

Who to contact: 1. Questions about the subject in general, including applications for extensions, special consideration etc: [email protected] 2. Matters relating to specific lectures, tutorials and assessment: [email protected] Page 1 of 13

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Mode: This 10-credit point unit takes the form of weekly one hour pre-recorded online lectures and two hour face-to-face tutorial classes incorporating activities through which students will gain a deep understanding of the developing young person and the skills fundamental to the study of young people. Key learning activities in tutorials may include debating, learning to ‘read’ and interpret writing about young people and other key sources, reading, writing, group discussion, finding scholarly sources, and problem-solving. The lectures provide students with content and analytical frameworks necessary for understanding and analysing the young people and assist students to synthesise a broad range of material. Attendance pattern: Online pre-recorded lectures and face to face tutorials Duration: 12 week semester. You should anticipate undertaking 150 hours of study for this unit, including class attendance, readings and assignment preparation.

LEARNING OUTCOMES On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to: LO1 Describe the key biological, cognitive and contextual elements that influence young people’s development (GA1, GA4) LO2 Discuss the relationship between the developmental process and health and wellbeing for young people (GA1, GA4, GA5, GA9) LO3 Explain the predominant theories relating to the development of identity and independence during the transition from adolescence to adulthood (GA4, GA8).

GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES Each unit in your course contributes in some way to the development of the ACU Graduate Attributes which you should demonstrate by the time you complete your course. All Australian universities have their expected graduate attributes – ACU’s Graduate Attributes have a greater emphasis on ethical behaviour and community responsibility than those of many other universities. All of your units will enable you to develop some attributes. On successful completion of this unit, you should have developed your ability to: GA1

demonstrate respect for the dignity of each individual and for human diversity

GA4

think critically and reflectively

GA5

demonstrate values, knowledge, skills and attitudes appropriate to the discipline and/or profession

GA8

locate, organise, analyse, synthesise and evaluate information

GA9

demonstrate effective communication in oral and written English language and visual media

CONTENT Topics will include: 

Theories of adolescent development and identity development (the adolescent brain, mental health, lifespan development and puberty, moral developmental stages)

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The role of parents, families and peers in adolescent development.

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How adolescent brain development affects logic and reasoning, risk taking and emotions.

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Insights into key biological, cognitive and contextual elements and how they impact on mental health, self-esteem, body image, drug and alcohol use and relationships.

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Adolescent development in family and social contexts including Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contexts.

QUALITY ASSURANCE AND STUDENT FEEDBACK This unit has been evaluated through the ‘Student Evaluation of Learning and Teaching’ (SELT) online surveys. In 2021 the teaching team has been enhanced to bring the best educational experience to the students. Specialist lectures will be delivered by a carefully selected academic and the LIC will oversee all administrative aspects of the unit, including applications for extensions and special consideration. To enhance student learning and engagement, all tutorials are on campus. SELT surveys are usually conducted at the end of the teaching period. Your practical and constructive feedback is valuable to improve the quality of the unit. Please ensure you complete the SELT survey for the unit. You can also provide feedback at other times to the unit lecturers, course coordinators and/or through student representatives.

LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGY AND RATIONALE This 100 level, 10-credit point, unit provides opportunities for collaborative learning. The lectures provide students with content and analytical frameworks necessary for understanding and analysing the young people and assist students to synthesise a broad range of material. The unit engages students in active learning activities, such as reading, writing, discussion and problem-solving to promote analysis, synthesis and evaluation of class content. Students learn through an environment where ideas are presented to students with accompanying activities that explore and analyse the concepts being presented. Students build skills that first year students need and uses case studies to explore how what they have learned applies to real world situations.

LECTURE CAPTURE All lectures will be available online for students to view at a time that suits them.

SCHEDULE For the most up-to-date information, please check your LEO unit and also note advice from your lecturing and tutoring staff for changes to this schedule. Week

Starting

Weekly topics

Weekly readings, relevant information and assessment due dates

1

26/07/2021

Introduction - Adolescence: Inventing Ourselves

Weekly readings will be available on LEO (Leganto reading list).

2

2/08/2021

What ARE you doing? The teenage brain

Weekly readings will be available on LEO (Leganto reading list).

3

9/08/2021

Who am I? Identity development

Weekly readings will be available on

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Week

Starting

Weekly topics

Weekly readings, relevant information and assessment due dates LEO (Leganto reading list).

4

16/08/2021

Girls and Boys: Different Bodies, Different brains?

Assessment 1 due: Letter to self Friday 20th August, 5.00pm Weekly readings will be available on LEO (Leganto reading list).

5

23/08/2021

The Dark side: mental health

Weekly readings will be available on LEO (Leganto reading list).

6

30/08/2021

CENSUS DATE

Test (The test will be conducted during tutorial)

31 August ‘My thighs are too big’: Body image.

Weekly readings will be available on LEO (Leganto reading list).

7

6/09/2021

Under construction: Drugs, alcohol and the adolescent brain

Weekly readings will be available on LEO (Leganto reading list).

8

13/09/2021

My first love: Teenage Intimacy

Weekly readings will be available on LEO (Leganto reading list).

9

20/09/2021

AFL Grand Final Holiday

Essay due: Friday 24th September, 10.00am

24th September At home/out of place, young people and multicultural belongings.

27/09/2020

Weekly readings will be available on LEO (Leganto reading list).

UA Vacation Week 28 Sept – 4 Oct

10

04/10/2021

Screenagers: The digital invasion of the teenage brain

Weekly readings will be available on LEO (Leganto reading list).

11

11/10/2021

‘Don’t they like it rough? Love and

Weekly readings will be available on

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Week

12

Starting

18/10/2021

Study Week

25/10/2020

Exams

01/11/2020 to 12/11/2020

Weekly topics

Weekly readings, relevant information and assessment due dates

sex in an age of pornography.

LEO (Leganto reading list).

Wrap up/ review/ ‘bringing it all together’

Test (The test will be conducted during tutorial)

Melbourne Cup 2 November

ASSESSMENT STRATEGY AND RATIONALE In order to pass this unit, students are required to meet all learning outcomes and achieve a final grade of 50% or better as an aggregate of all points from assessment tasks completed in this unit. A variety of assessment tasks have been designed to meet the learning outcomes of this unit and to ensure the development of graduate attributes. To assist this, the following assessments tasks have been devised: The written assessment task (essay) requires students to explain how contemporary issues influence young people’s wellbeing. This requires students to understand how multiple biological, cognitive and contextual elements have an impact on adolescents. The reflective task (letter to self) requires students to consider their own experience of being an adolescent and apply theories of adolescent development to this experience. The tests will assess students on knowledge obtained throughout the semester in readings, unit materials, lectures and/or discussions. This unit requires students to apply knowledge, theories, skills and attitudes appropriate to the disciplines and/or professions working with young people. The assessment tasks for this unit are designed for you to demonstrate your achievement of each learning outcome.

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ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION, MARKING AND RETURN Electronic submission, via Turnitin and use of LEO resources, will be utilised for this subject.

Assessment tasks Assignment 1 Reflective Task: Letter to self Students are required to write a letter to their adolescent selves

Assignment 2 Written Task: Essay Students are required to explain how contemporary issues influence young people’s wellbeing.

Due date

30%

LO1, LO2, LO3

GA1, GA4, GA5, GA8, GA9

40%

LO1, LO2, LO3

GA1, GA4, GA5, GA8, GA9

30%

LO1, LO2, LO3

GA1, GA4, GA5, GA8, GA9

Week 4: Friday 20th August, 5.00pm

Week 9: Friday 24th September, 10.00am

Assignment 3 Tests Students will be tested on knowledge obtained throughout the semester via 2 short tests

Learning Graduate Weighting outcome(s) attribute(s) (%) assessed assessed

Week 6 and Week 12

ASSIGNMENT 1 You are required to write a letter to your adolescent self. Please see further instructions in appendix. Due date:

20/08/2021, 5.00pm

Weighting:

30%

Length and/or format:

1000 Words

Purpose:

To undertake reflection on the lived experience of adolescence and integrate lecture content with the experience

Learning outcomes assessed:

LO1, LO2, LO3

How to submit:

Turnitin, Via LEO

Return of assignment:

Within 2 weeks,

Assessment criteria:

Please see Appendix 1

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ASSIGNMENT 2 The purpose of this essay is for students to critically examine their own development and lived experiences through adolescence. Due date:

24/09/2021, 10.00am

Weighting:

40%

Length and/or format:

1500 Words

Purpose:

To engage with the knowledge and scholarship around adolescence

Learning outcomes assessed:

LO1, LO2, LO3.

How to submit:

Turnitin, Via LEO

Return of assignment:

Via Turnitin within 3 weeks

Assessment criteria:

Please see Appendix 2

ASSIGNMENT 3 You are required to undertake two tests in weeks 6 and 12. Due date:

Week 6 and week 12

Weighting:

30%

Length and/or format:

Multiple choice

Purpose:

To test knowledge obtained through semester.

Learning outcomes assessed:

LO1, LO2, LO3.

How to submit:

Test will be completed in tutorial

Return of assignment:

Test results will be available within 2 weeks

Assessment criteria:

Accuracy of answers

REFERENCING This unit requires you to use the Harvard referencing system. See the ‘Academic referencing’ page of the Student Portal for more details.

ACU POLICIES AND REGULATIONS It is your responsibility to read and familiarise yourself with ACU policies and regulations, including regulations on examinations; review and appeals; acceptable use of IT facilities; and conduct and responsibilities. These are in the ACU Handbook, available from the website. A list of these and other important policies can be found at the University policies page of the Student Portal.

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Assessment policy and procedures You must read the Assessment Policy and Assessment Procedures in the University Handbook: they include rules on deadlines; penalties for late submission; extensions; and special consideration. If you have any queries on Assessment Policy, please see your Lecturer in Charge. Please note that: (1) any numerical marks returned to students are provisional and subject to moderation; (2) students will not be given access to overall aggregated marks for a unit, or overall unit grade calculated by Gradebook in LEO; and, (3) students will be given a final mark and grade for their units after moderation is concluded and official grades are released after the end of semester.

Academic integrity You have the responsibility to submit only work which is your own, or which properly acknowledges the thoughts, ideas, findings and/or work of others. The Academic Integrity and Misconduct Policy and the Academic Misconduct Procedures are available from the website. Please read them, and note in particular that cheating, plagiarism, collusion, recycling of assignments and misrepresentation are not acceptable. Penalties for academic misconduct can vary in severity and can include being excluded from the course. Turnitin The Turnitin application (a text-matching tool) will be used in this unit, in order to enable:  

students to improve their academic writing by identifying possible areas of poor citation and referencing in their written work; and teaching staff to identify areas of possible plagiarism in students’ written work.

While Turnitin can help in identifying problems with plagiarism, avoiding plagiarism is more important. Information on avoiding plagiarism is available from the Academic Skills Unit. For any assignment that has been created to allow submission through Turnitin (check the Assignment submission details for each assessment task), you should submit your draft well in advance of the due date (ideally, several days before) to ensure that you have time to work on any issues identified by Turnitin. On the assignment due date, lecturers will have access to your final submission and the Turnitin Originality Report. Please note that electronic marking, Grademark, is used in this unit using Turnitin. Turnitin will be used as a means of submitting, marking and returning assessment tasks and so a text matching percentage will appear on your submission automatically.

FIRST PEOPLES AND EQUITY PATHWAYS DIRECTORATE FOR ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDENTS Every campus provides information and support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students. Indigenous Knowings are embedded in curricula for the benefit of all students at ACU.

STUDENT SUPPORT If you are experiencing difficulties with learning, life issues or pastoral/spiritual concerns, or have a disability/medical condition which may impact on your studies, you are advised to notify your Lecturer in Charge, Course Coordinator and/or one of the services listed below as soon as possible. For all aspects of support please visit ACU Info section in the Student Portal. Page 8 of 13

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Academic Skills offers a variety of services, including workshops (on topics such as assignment writing, time management, reading strategies, referencing), drop-in sessions, group appointments and individual consultations. It has a 24-hour online booking system for individual or group consultations. Campus Ministry offers pastoral care, spiritual leadership and opportunities for you to be involved with community projects. The Career Development Service can assist you with finding employment, preparing a resume and employment application and preparing for interviews. The Counselling Service is a free, voluntary, confidential and non-judgmental service open to all students and staffed by qualified social workers or registered psychologists. Disability Services can assist you if you need educational adjustments because of a disability or chronic medical condition; please contact them as early as possible.

ONLINE RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS The LEO page for this unit contains further readings/discussion forums. https://leo.acu.edu.au/course/view.php?id=38452 You should note that it is your responsibility to monitor LEO activity to monitor if any messages have been posted for you, including particularly messages that might not ha...