95002 TD: Reframing, remixing, reimagining society
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Credit points: 6 cp
Result type: Grade and marks
Requisite(s): 36 credit points of completed study in any Bachelor's Degree OR 36 credit points of completed study in any Bachelor's Combined Degree OR 36 credit points of completed study in any Bachelor's Honours Embedded OR 36 credit points of completed study in any Bachelor's Combined Honours
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Anti-requisite(s): 95010 TD: Reframing, remixing, reimagining society +
Note
Not suitable for students who are admitted in C20060 Diploma in Innovation.
Description
In this subject, students interrogate their personal and disciplinary mental models, worldviews, biases and assumptions to question the current framing of complex societal problems, by examining a real-world challenge posed by the UNICEF. Students consider community resilience from a range of alternative perspectives from across disciplinary and professional areas and work in multidisciplinary teams to playfully remix these perspectives and devise new approaches to tackling climate change. A range of creative methods are used to cultivate a culture of curiosity, experimentation, and inventiveness, while also identifying and probing unknowns. Through generating novel responses to this urgent real-world challenge, students test their own emerging disciplinary or professional expertise; they learn to collaborate across differences, generate insights well beyond their discipline, and use these insights to create new avenues for action in the real-world.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
Upon successful completion of this subject students should be able to:
| 1. | Integrate different perspectives to analyse complex challenges related to community resilience in the context of a changing climate. |
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| 2. | Identify significant issues and emerging opportunities to create positive change in real-world contexts. |
| 3. | Apply transdisciplinary collaboration and change-making methods in teams to generate responses to complex challenges. |
| 4. | Develop a cohesive rationale for proposals and communicate ideas persuasively to diverse audiences. |
| 5. | Synthesise your learning to generate insights about transdisciplinarity and your own role in fostering positive social change. |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject contributes specifically to the development of the following course intended learning outcomes:
- Identify and evaluate complex challenges by analysing system dynamics, constraints, and potential leverage points, using disciplinary perspectives, evidence, and diverse viewpoints. (CII.1.1)
- Identify, create, and employ a range of appropriate creative intelligence methods and boundary-crossing methodologies to construct and solve problems and generate transformative possibilities (CII.2.1)
- Practice mutual, responsible value creation, including the implementation of sustainable and entrepreneurial innovation. (CII.3.1)
- Communicate transdisciplinary ideas and solutions succinctly and persuasively using appropriate modalities. (CII.3.2)
- Develop reflexive connection with an evolving self, demonstrating ethical and intellectual positions that reflect well-considered values that enable greater purpose and inclusivity. (CII.4.1)
Contribution to the development of graduate attributes
The subject provides opportunities for you to examine your disciplinary perspective and assumptions by working with peers from across of a range of different disciplines. You will examine a range of methods, techniques and approaches to devise a unique transdisciplinary approach to responding to complex social challenges. You will also explore different ways of understanding and framing problems to create new opportunities and explore how existing patterns of practices can be creatively reframed, remixed and reimagined to achieve positive transformation.
Your experiences as a student in this subject will support you to develop the following TD School graduate attributes (GAs):
- GA 1 - Holistic analysis
- GA 2 - Transformative creativity
- GA 3 - Action orientation and TD experimentation
- GA 4 - Contextual and self-awareness
Teaching and learning strategies
Students will attendary plenary presentations, interact with online modules and unpack learnings in tutorial workshops to gain understanding of relevant concepts and frameworks, and engage in dialogue with academics, key stakeholders, and peers. As students experiment with creative practices by drawing on cases and approaches from across different disciplines, they will have ongoing opportunities for formative feedback by peers and academic staff.
Content (topics)
- Resilience frameworks
- Disciplinary practices
- Creative methods and practices
- Transdisciplinary approaches
Assessment
Assessment task 1: (Trans)disciplinary insights
| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1, 4 and 5 This assessment task contributes to the development of course intended learning outcome(s): CII.1.1, CII.3.2 and CII.4.1 |
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| Type: | Portfolio |
| Groupwork: | Group, individually assessed |
| Weight: | 50% |
Assessment task 2: Social challenge
| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1, 2, 3 and 4 This assessment task contributes to the development of course intended learning outcome(s): CII.1.1, CII.2.1, CII.3.1 and CII.3.2 |
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| Type: | Report |
| Groupwork: | Group, group and individually assessed |
| Weight: | 50% |
Minimum requirements
Students must attempt each assessment task and achieve an overall pass mark to pass this subject.
A minimum of 80% of attendance of classes is required to pass this subject.
Required texts
There are no compulsory texts for this subject. Recommended readings and materials will be provided through the UTS Library Reading List and Canvas.