School Of EducationResearching Social EcologyWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101654.1
Discipline: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
About this Unit
In 2015 this unit replaced by 102152 - Social Ecology. The foundations of social ecology lie in an analysis of relationships. In this regard 'social ecology' describes a field of learning and an approach to learning. The definition of the field lies in its enactment. This is undertaken through research into systemic understandings of change, in the context of change in patterns of ecological relationship. This systemic study is grounded in reference to autopoiesis, self-organisation, transformation, cybernetics, constructivism, holism, complexity and human-ecological relationships. This unit introduces key theorists in these inter-related fields, frames the work and invites students to apply it in their own fields of practice.