SWB102 Human Development and Behaviour
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| Unit code: | SWB102 |
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| Antirequisite(s): | HHB102 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,024 |
| International unit fee | $4,224 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | SWB102 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Anti-requisite: | HHB102 |
| Coordinators: | Teena Mogler | t.mogler@qut.edu.au Danielle Davidson | danielle.davidson@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Social work and human service students are studying for professional careers that enhance people's personal and social wellbeing and development, enhance problem solving in relationships, and promote human rights, social justice and culturally safe practice. To do this you need to understand how individual development and behaviour are shaped by a range of factors including biological, psychological, socio-cultural, political and economic factors. You will learn about a range of theories of development and behaviour and consider the implications of such ideas for social work and human service practice. You will learn about key aspects of human behaviour such as emotion, motivation and socialisation and integrate and communicate this knowledge. Studying this information in the first year of the course provides you with necessary foundational information about people and the environments that shape their lives.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Articulate foundational knowledge of theories of human development and behaviour;
- Apply an understanding of diversity across the life course
- Critique popular perceptions and constructions of human development and behaviour from an anti-oppressive perspective
- Explain and critically reflect on relevance of human development and behaviour across the life course for real world professional practice
Content
You will be learning about:
- how people typically develop and mature over their lives and how social roles and behaviour alter accordingly;
- the importance of biological, psychological and socio-cultural contexts of development;
- impact of trauma and deprivation on human development and behaviour;
- the development of self;
- responses to stress;
- dynamics of relationships;
- coping and adaptation;
- motivation;
- cognitive development;
- emotional development
- diverse perspectives and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives for inclusive, anti-oppressive practice.
Relates to learning outcomes
Learning outcomes link to:
AASW Education and Accreditation Standards (2020): 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 43, 44, 5.4
AASW Practice Standards (2013): 4.2, 6.1, 6.2
ACWA Practice Guidelines: 1.1, 1.6, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1, 4.4,5.2
Learning Approaches
The unit will involve lecture and tutorial attendance and an amount of independent study to read unit material and prepare your assessment items usually averaging around 10-12 hours per week. You will participate in large and small group activities including lectures, discussions and informal question and answer sessions. Canvas will provide an important medium for communication resources, incorporating the use of podcasts, blogs and wikis. Case studies and video critique will support your efforts to apply the theories you are learning about individuals and communities. This range of activities is designed to provide a number of different formats for you to learn about and discuss the diverse theories to which you will be exposed.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Assessment in this unit is both formative and summative. Overall feedback will be provided to the whole cohort. Formative activities such as in-class tasks (for the quizzes), self-reflection exercises for reflective journal, and critical case study discussions (for the case report) will support and develop your understanding of key concepts, theory, anti-oppressive practice and scaffold your learning. Summative feedback is given via written comments on marking rubrics/criteria sheets. In the tutorials you will be supported by academics and peers to critically self-reflect on the topics toward your assessment pieces especially the reflective journal assessment piece and case study report. General feedback on the quizzes will help inform the development of your theoretical lens and informing theory/ies for responding to the second and third assessment items. Ongoing formative feedback helps you to complete the second and third assessment pieces: This feedback will help you progress towards the successful completion of the second and third assessment pieces.
Assessment
Overview
The unit consists of three assessment pieces: two quizzes, reflective essay engaging with personal development and relevant theoretical concepts; and a case study report integrating theory, anti-oppressive practice, critical lens, diverse perspectives and inclusion and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.
Each assessment item is designed to measure your ability to apply the knowledge, values and skills stated in the unit learning outcomes.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Quiz/Test
An open-book quiz will be conducted in weeks 4 and 8 to assess your comprehension of the introductory key concepts. Each quiz is based on the course readings.
Each quiz consists of 20 questions. Questions will be multiple choice or true/false questions.
Assessment: Reflective Essay
In this essay you will reflect on your own human development and behaviour through exploring your journey to university. You will draw on Harm's (2021) multidimensional approach and key inner and outer world factors that influenced your journey to be here at university. In addition, you will draw on key human development concepts such as adversity, adaptation and coping, risk and protective factors, resilience and well being to inform your reflection on some of the key qualities, situations, people, and systems that helped you get here.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Case Study Report
Your role is a social work or human service's practitioner working in a community service providing support to older people with complex needs. Your manager has asked you to conduct a detailed assessment of a new client who is seeing your service for the first time. The purpose is to conduct a multidimensional (inner and outer world) assessment of the service user's development using key theories and concepts covered in the unit. Your assessment will also include the identification and critical analysis of their presentation in one of the following areas: adaptation; coping; risk and protective factors; resilience; and wellbeing. Your report will be informed by an anti-oppressive practice approach, critical social work theory and research evidence. The final product is a case study report which will be submitted to your case manager and form the basis of your real-world intervention.
The case study informing this report will be explored across several tutorials. Weekly changes will be made to the case to reflect key concepts and developmental changes and situations this services user has experienced across their life course.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Harms, L. (2010). Understanding human development: a multidimensional approach (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Recommended text(s)
Crawford, K., & Walker, J. (2010). Social work and human development. Exeter: Learning Matters.
Hutchison, E. and Contributors. (2011). Dimensions of human behavior: Person and environment. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Ingleby, E. (2010). Applied psychology for social workers. Exeter: Learning Matters.
Parrish, M. (2009). Social work perspectives on human behaviour [eBook]. Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press.
Westen, D., Burton, L., & Kowalski, R.W. (2008). Psychology: Australian and New Zealand Edition ebook (2nd ed.). Milton: John Wiley & Sons
Other
You will also be provided with a reading schedule which will include material from the following sources. Required readings will either be from the text or available as an EBook or via the Course Materials Database. These books will also be useful for you in your research for your final essay.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.SW04 Bachelor of Social Work
- Critique and apply coherent theoretical, practical and contextually relevant social work knowledge, skills and values, and cultivate a commitment toward meeting diverse clients and community needs. [Knowledge, Practice, Values and Disposition]
Relates to: Quiz/Test, Reflective Essay - Construct and implement strategies for engaging in critical thinking and decision-making, utilising advanced research knowledge and skills to inform culturally safe practice, and promote social justice from diverse perspectives. [Practice, Knowledge, Values and Disposition]
Relates to: Quiz/Test - Critically examine tenets of diversity and diverse perspectives in social work, and advocate for a socially just society and the promotion of human dignity that reflect different social, political, cultural and historical circumstances, on the beliefs, values and aspirations of various groups, including Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. [Values and Disposition, Knowledge, Practice]
Relates to: Reflective Essay
SW05 Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)
- Critically evaluate theoretical, practical and contextually relevant social work knowledge, skills and values and, as a change facilitator, meet diverse client and community needs that promote social justice
Relates to: Quiz/Test, Reflective Essay - Develop advanced knowledge, skills and values, to inform culturally safe communication and effective intra- and inter-professional collaboration and with a wide range of audiences and contexts, including accessing, evaluating and utlising digital health information.
Relates to: Quiz/Test