Study
Masters Programs
The Youth Research Collective contributes to the Faculty of Education's world-renowned Master of Teaching program and the new Master of Education, which includes nine specialisation options.
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Master of Teaching
Discover the unique and innovative Master of Teaching curriculum, which combines theory and practice to offer powerful insights into children and young people, and how they learn.
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Master of Education
Delve into contemporary education issues, connect with the latest developments in the field, and garner the expertise to move beyond the classroom with a Master of Education.
Undergraduate Studies
The Collective contributes to a range of undergraduate studies, including a suite of breadth subjects on youth, citizenship and identity. Available breadth subjects include:
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Concepts of Childhood
This subject examines the questions raised by this continuing body of research and relates them to current understandings of childhood and to recent changes in policies regarding children in diverse local and international contexts.
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Youth Leading Change
This subject explores young people as change-makers and problem-solvers against a backdrop of social transformation in Australia and globally. It provides students with thinking tools for addressing local and global problems in everyday life and skills for leadership.
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Ethics, Gender and the Family
The family continues to be regarded as a private institution that should be immune to public scrutiny, despite the increasing intervention in the family by public institutions - notably, the law, education, medicine and social services.
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Learning and the Digital Generations
Students are introduced to the complex and emerging relationships between learning and digital communications. Drawing on the idea of digital generations, it enables students to gain an understanding of the ways in which digital communication is integrated into the lives of new generations.
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Youth and Popular Culture
Explore how children and young people construct and reconstruct their sense of selves against the backdrop of pervasive contemporary popular cultures.