| CODE | HPN1007 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Consumer Trends and Behaviour for Wellbeing and Sustainability | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Health, Physical Education and Consumer Studies | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit provides an introduction to the world鈥檚 resources, (such as water, air, energy sources, soil, agriculture and food production, forests) by highlighting their importance for the health of our planet and of humanity. It tackles the challenges that modern society faces as a result of consumer trends. The study unit presents the inequitable distribution of the world鈥檚 resources and raises points for students to reflect upon and address through their own individual actions. The unit gives students the opportunity to explore routes to behavioural change that would lead to a more sustainable lifestyle taking into consideration the different settings in which individuals and families function. Study-Unit Aims: - To familiarise students with sustainable consumption and production issues pertaining to the world's resources; - To present consumer behaviour and trends that may pose a threat to the world's resources; - To explore alternative methods to sustainable resource management by individuals and families in different settings. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - List the advantages and disadvantages of global resource use, after group discussion; - Discuss the concerns about the world's resources and their impact on our wellbeing; - Identify and explore feasibility of traditional and new sustainable resource management practices as applicable in different settings. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Use methods such as thinking skills that would assist in attaining behavioural change; - Reflect upon consumer trends and apply problem-solving skills to the sustainability issues most likely to be impacted by consumer production and consumption behaviours. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - DE BONO, E., 1991. Teaching thinking. London, UK: Penguin Books. - ROBINSON, Z., 2009, in STIBBE, A., 2009. The handbook of sustainability literacy: Skills for a changing world. Devon, UK: Green Books Ltd. - UNESCO, 2014. Shaping the future we want. Paris, France: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Available at: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002301/230171e.pdf - ZIBARRAS, L.D. and COAN, P., 2015. HRM practices used to promote pro-environmental behaviour: A UK survey. The International Journal of Human Resource Management. vol. 26 (16), UK: Routledge. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||||||
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