94701 Practices and Transdisciplinary Action
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Credit points: 3 cp
Result type: Grade, no marks
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Description
In this core subject, participants are introduced to thinking about their professional work (and that of others) in terms of practices, interrogating patterns and assumptions guiding everyday work activities. Looking through the lens of practices creates a different way of understanding organisations, beyond the processes and structures, as professional networks and ecosystems. Building on an understanding of how practices cohere and evolve, participants conceptualise new practice configurations and speculate about their implications.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
Upon successful completion of this subject students should be able to:
| 1. | Describe and analyse professional work and real-world problem situations for underlying patterns and assumptions. |
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| 2. | Probe practice in organisations and sectors to ascertain the potential for new creative synergies and insights |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject contributes specifically to the development of the following course intended learning outcomes:
- Critically analyse and creatively reconfigure established patterns, assumptions and understandings of real-world problem situations utilising frameworks of complexity and systems thinking (1.1)
Teaching and learning strategies
This core subject is offered in an online mode. Participants undertake self-paced study online to examine cases that cut across disciplines, industries and sectors. They critically analyse and apply conceptual frameworks and theoretical approaches that can inform their professional practice and generate insights about future developments within their fields. By doing so, they gain advanced knowledge of transdisciplinary innovation concepts and approaches. Strategically positioned live online sessions immerse participants in interactive learning with professional colleagues and academic researchers (including ongoing feedback) and further hands-on engagement with concepts, frameworks and methods. Participants use these opportunities to review and adjust their learning study plan in consultation with tutors and deepen their individual inquiry as they work towards ensuring continued relevance for their professional practice.
Assessment
Assessment task 1: The nature of practices: Metaphors for thinking
| Objective(s): | This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1 This assessment task contributes to the development of course intended learning outcome(s): 1.1 |
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| Type: | Reflection |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 30% |
Assessment task 2: Thinking through different perspectives: Relationships & dynamics
| Objective(s): | This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1 and 2 This assessment task contributes to the development of course intended learning outcome(s): 1.1 |
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| Type: | Exercises |
| Groupwork: | Group, group and individually assessed |
| Weight: | 70% |
Minimum requirements
To pass this subject students must make a reasonable attempt to meet the expectations outlined in the brief of each assessment task, and achieve an overall pass grade for the subject.