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Learning Outcomes
1. | Critically evaluate key concepts and approaches in planetary health drawing upon origins and development of the discourse; | ||
2. | Distinguish multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches drawing upon previous discipline framed knowledge and practice; | ||
3. | Formulate advocacy perspectives from research evidence; | ||
4. | Propose and advocate a place-based planetary health approach to addressing a policy or organisational problem or issue; | ||
5. | Articulate and apply place-based planetary health concepts to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). |
Assessment
Assessment type | Description | Grade |
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Literature Review | Review of 2-3 articles identifying and discussing key issues and concepts | 20% |
Review | Review a video foregrounding Australian Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing | 20% |
Case Study | Develop a case study of a place-based intervention from within students’ professional field | 30% |
Report | Report (written & verbal) applying place-based planetary health concepts to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) | 30% |
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