FNLT1002
10 units
1000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course will continue to provide teaching and learning activities that are designed to develop a range of competencies required of participants working within an aged care related industry, including engagement with relevant scholarly literature to both inform contemporary practice and for use as evidence within independent research.
Availability
Not currently offered.
This Course was last offered in Semester 2 - 2019.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Read critically to develop capacity for deeper understanding of academic text types.
2. Conduct independent research through effective use of the university library and digital research technologies.
3. Develop formal oral presentation skills.
4. Continue to develop capacity for independent, applied research into a chosen industry.
5. Write in the different discourses of their required health field.
Content
The course focusses on fostering the following skills:
- Identification and engagement with scholarly literature relevant to a particular field.
- Identification and application of valid sources as evidence within research.
- Appropriate oral presentation skills to an audience of peers and colleagues.
Requisite
To enrol in this course students must be active in the Associate Degree of Integrated Care in Ageing.
Assessment items
Presentation: Oral Presentation
Written Assignment: Evidence-based Assignment
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.