James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2023

ED5914 - Individual Researched Action Project

This subject is available to all students who possess a relevant undergraduate degree or diploma. All tasks must be negotiated with the subject coordinator/lecturer or nominated academic staff member.

Subject Description

In this subject you undertake an individual project that encourages an informed, action-oriented, leadership approach to building social and/or ecological capacity in your chosen setting. You will work with university staff to develop a research informed, action project and identify the resources and support needed to achieve the project's aim. Your project must (a) be sustainability and/or resilience focused; (b) concern an aspect of education, co-operative learning and/or communication; (c) be conceived within a researched perspective of social and/or social - ecological and/or ecological sustainable practice, and (d) involve creative leadership. You will develop knowledge and skills for innovating and managing a unique small-scale action project while gaining insight to effective strategies for fostering sustainability in a professional or community setting. ED5914 is an AQF level 9 subject. You will consolidate your knowledge of socio-ecological systems and processes as you undertake 130 hours of education, co-operative learning and/or communication project work.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate leadership in implementing a sustainability initiative
• source and demonstrate knowledge of contemporary literature, published resources, networks and programs for taking action for sustainability in a designated setting such as a workplace or community site
• implement effective strategies for fostering at least one aspect of sustainability in a designated setting based on principles of sustainability in practice established in the contemporary research literature relevant to a chosen area of practice
• implement a small scale program and/or develop materials and/or undertake a sequence of actions that encourage problem-based, action-oriented education, co-operative learning and/or communication for a particular aspect of social sustainability, social-ecological sustainability and/or ecological sustainability
• be able to communicate the researched action in various forms and forums

Subject Assessment

• Written > Action plan - (60%) - Individual
• Written > Project report - (10%) - Individual
• Written > Reflection/reflective task 1 - (10%) - Individual
• Written > Research report - (20%) - Individual

Note that minor variations might occur due to the continuous subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.

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