Attendance is expected at scheduled activities including weekly 1hr workshops to complete components of the course.

Mini-modules (i.e., lectures) will be available as recordings. You are expected to review these prior to attending your scheduled workshop on campus. Weekly quizzes must be completed within their time frame and completing 8/10 quizzes is a requirement to be eligible for passing the course along with making a true attempt of all coursework. 

Weekly workshops will not be available as recordings. If you sign up for a specific workshop, you must attend that time slot as per our health and safety rules we cannot have workshop rooms over capacity.

The course will include one live online event in the final week of the semester. It will be a Zoom workshop hosted by your tutor giving you space to ask final questions about the final critical analysis.

The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.

The core of our in-person classes is dedicated to interactive and practical applied workshops. These sessions are designed to solidify your theoretical understanding through direct application and experiential learning methods.

You can expect the following methods in our workshops:

• Case Study Analysis: You will collaboratively analyse real-world youth work scenarios.
• Collaborative Activities: You'll engage in group conversations concerning contemporary youth issues.
• Interactive Discussions and Class Debates: Facilitated class discussions and structured debates will allow you to critically explore and argue various perspectives on contemporary youth issues, ethical dilemmas, and strategies within youth work, promoting critical thinking and the articulation of informed viewpoints.
• Engaging with AI Technology (ChatGPT): Workshops will include exercises where ChatGPT is used as an object-to-think-with, enabling you to critically examine and discuss AI-generated perspectives on youth issues. You will compare and critically evaluate these outputs against published empirical research and local data on young people in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Taught courses use a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas to provide students with learning materials including reading lists and lecture recordings (where available). Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Required readings are assigned each week in the reading list and are available electronically from the UoA library. 

All weekly mini-module recordings are uploaded at least one-week in advance (and typically, most are uploaded in advance of semester two start). Ensure you familiarise yourself with Canvas tabs to navigate this course efficiently. A welcome to the course short video is provided.

The content and delivery of content in this course are protected by copyright. Material belonging to others may have been used in this course and copied by and solely for the educational purposes of the University under license.

You may copy the course content for the purposes of private study or research, but you may not upload onto any third-party site, make a further copy or sell, alter or further reproduce or distribute any part of the course content to another person.

Due to health and safety issues, you are not able to change your enrolled workshop time, unless you contact Students Services Online to have them make the change internally. We have a limit of 50 students per class in terms of space and seating area, so attending any workshop you please is not an option.

In the event of an unexpected disruption, we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and course assessment continues to meet the principles of the University’s assessment policy. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator/director, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the university website for information about how to proceed.

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed for potential plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct, using computerised detection mechanisms.

Similarly, research students must meet the University’s expectations of good research practice. This requires:

• Honesty - in all aspects of research work
• Accountability - in the conduct of research
• Professional courtesy and fairness – in working with others
• Good stewardship – on behalf of others
• Transparency – of research process and presentation of results
• Clarity - communication to be understandable, explainable and accessible

For more information on the University’s expectations of academic integrity, please see the Academic Conduct section of the University policy hub.

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about taught courses is made available to enrolled students in Canvas.

Students may be asked to submit assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.

Assessment Tasks and Requirements

There are three groups of assessments for this course.

The first is a weekly multiple choice quiz (10 in total) based on the module recordings and required reading content. These quizzes are embedded in your lecture recordings so that you can answer them as you move through the content at your own pace.

The second is a weekly workshop task (10 in total). At the end of each weekly recorded module you will find "homework" instructions for what you must prepare to bring to the following week's workshop. You will get direct feedback with your tutor during workshop time. All workshop tasks will be marked as "complete" or "incomplete" and are worth 3% each. Showing up prepared to participate will determine your mark for the session.

A final essay 1500 words excluding citations and references. Attending workshops and completing all the tasks will help scaffold your learning to complete this assignment.

To pass this course students must achieve at least 50% for the course, and importantly, attempt ALL assignments. 

Feedback on taught courses is gathered from students at the end of each semester through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions. Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students. In addition, class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Student feedback has been considered in the design of this course. You may at times be invited to participate in research on flipped model classroom designs in this course, but all participation is voluntary.

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

Tuākana is a multi-faceted programme for Māori and Pacific students providing topic specific tutorials, one-on-one sessions, test and exam preparation and more. Explore your options at Tuakana Learning Communities.

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website.

We all go through tough times during the semester, or see our friends struggling. There is lots of help out there - please see the Support Services page for information on support services in the University and the wider community.

If your ability to complete assessed work is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due. If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page. This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

When requesting an extension, please have already completed the extension request form available on Canvas, that asks you to detail the reason for you request as well as how many days you are requesting. Please attach the required evidence to support your request. You can email the extension request through to your tutor.

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter.

Students with concerns about teaching including how a course is delivered, the resources provided, or supervision arrangements, have the right to express their concerns and seek resolution. The university encourages informal resolution where possible, as this is quicker and less stressful. For information on the informal and formal complaints processes, please refer to the Student Academic Complaints Statute in the Student Policies and Guidelines section of the Policy Hub.