APG5109 · Family violence prevention practicum

Overview

In the Family Violence Prevention Practicum, you will select an issue or topic and examine the response of current research, policy, practice and programs to produce a research paper. As one of the final units in the Graduate Diploma of Family Violence Prevention, the Practicum gives you the opportunity to draw on the knowledge and experience gained from previous units and focus on one key issue or topic of interest. Evidence-informed policy and practice is crucial in the specialist family violence sector. The Practicum is designed to develop your understanding of the importance of research and evidence in this space. In this unit you will develop your critical thinking skills, enhance your ability to make evidence-based arguments, and build your professional knowledge of family violence prevention. Over the course of the semester, you will undertake a series of staged activities related to your chosen topic, including undertaking in-depth research and analysis to deliver a final research paper. You will be supervised regularly by the Unit Coordinator throughout the semester.

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. analyse and explain the research, policies and practices within organisations designed to respond to and prevent family violence;
2. critically evaluate and discuss relevant family violence literature and a range of theories, critical debates and methodological approaches related to patterns of family violence;
3. devise, prepare and complete a research project, and communicate your findings in both oral and written formats;
4. apply professional knowledges about family violence prevention across research, policy and practice settings;
5. reflect on your their own experience to identify strategies and policies to support family violence prevention in a range of workplace, policy and clinical settings;
6. construct a culturally sensitive approach to the recognition and management of different needs and objectives in effective family violence prevention;
7. critically evaluate the operational outcomes of policies and programs to support family violence prevention.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.