013130 Education for Social Change 1

6cp
Subject coordinator: Rick Flowers

This subject explores theories of social change and the educational dimension of various fields of practice that overtly seek to bring about social change. They include commercial advertising, social marketing, therapy programs, and popular education. The ideas of great thinkers who have theorised about social change including Thomas Hobbes, Michel Foucault, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Jurgen Habermas and Alfred Schutz are briefly considered. It examines how educators can help people identify choices – to agree, question, challenge or defy – and then learn how to make those choices effective.

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $499.75
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $1,860.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
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