Overview
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Offerings
MURDOCH-S1-EXT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-ONGOING
Requisites
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Learning activities
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Learning outcomes
1.
Participate in critical discussion concerning the nature of interactions between development agencies and target communities within the developed and the developing world;
2.
Demonstrate a critical understanding of the principal concepts theories and practices of overseas aid and international development
3.
Reflect critically on recent debates informing development, the motivations behind international aid, and the attendant difficulties in its delivery
4.
Analyse why overseas aid and international development remain so contested within international relations and such a problematic context for altruistic notions of help
5.
Work both independently, and collaboratively in a respectful manner with a range of people
6.
Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
Assessments
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Additional information
Unit content:This unit will cover a diverse range of topics on aid and development, grand theories underpinning development ideologies and practice, Sustainable Development Goals, and a range of topical development issues, for example, fair trade, new development actors, global epidemics like ebola, participatory development, with themes such as gender, poverty, power, and structural inequality central to each topic.