EDF5865 Partnerships, health and wellbeing
Faculty of Education
EDF5865 Partnerships, health and wellbeing is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2025 in Summer A and Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Summer A, Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before EDF5865
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After EDF5865
No unit lists EDF5865 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must be enrolled in D6001
Overview
In this unit you will firstly explore the role and importance of school, family and community partnerships in supporting student learning and wellbeing. Attention is also paid to the role of partnerships with professional organisations in enhancing teachers’ professional knowledge, practice and wellbeing. In the latter half of the unit the focus will shift to whole-school approaches to student health, wellbeing and safety. You will explore and develop different approaches to understanding and supporting student health, wellbeing and safety, whilst simultaneously achieving school, curriculum and legislative requirements. The role of teachers working in partnership with others as part of whole-school responses to, for example, bullying, youth suicide, gender issues and trauma will be explored.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Summer semester A | Clayton | On campus, block |
| Second semester | Clayton | Flx blk |
Assessment
- Planning for school, family and community partnerships (2000 words or equivalent)Written50%
- Planning for whole-school approaches to health, wellbeing and safety (2000 words or equivalent)Artefact50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
articulate the importance of engaging with parents/carers and communities, and identify strategies to support the development and maintenance of school, family and community partnerships
- 2
understand the role of external professionals and professional organisations in broadening teachers’ professional knowledge and practice
- 3
understand and critique different definitions, models and frameworks of health, wellbeing and safety
- 4
describe strategies that support and maintain students’ wellbeing and safety, and that align with school, curriculum and legislative requirements.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study.
Usually, you can expect to engage with:
• 24 hours* of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and
• the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study
Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
*Subject to variation due to professional experience requirements
You will be provided with the opportunity to engage with relevant literature and resources. Further, you will be encouraged to deepen your understanding of topic areas through collegial discussion and debate, and by participating in activities designed to extend your understanding.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.
Where it fits
EDF5865 is part of 1 area of study in the 2025 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Deana Leahy
- Dr Georgina Roy
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Georgina Roy
- Dr Deana Leahy
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF5865?
EDF5865 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is EDF5865 offered?
In 2025, EDF5865 runs in Summer A and Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is EDF5865?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF5865 have an exam?
No. EDF5865 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include EDF5865?
EDF5865 is part of Secondary education.