Intent: Reflecting on a definition of social planning, students will undertake research and wide reading to develop, test and shape their understanding of what social planning means for them, their role, their workplace and the communities they work with. They apply understandings of social planning to critique the way social planning is approached at council. They draw from their learning to highlight the benefits for the local council of utilising social planning approaches.Task: Write a fully referenced essay addressing the following questions:What can social planning be understood?What role/s do you think social planning can play at the local government/state government* level?
