303342 (v.3) CAS - Community Education Practice 312
| Area: | Centre for Aboriginal Studies |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 30.0 |
| Seminar: | 1 x 30 Hours Quarterly |
| Syllabus: | Faciliate participatory inquiry, learning and education in Aboriginal settings using culturally appropriate methods and processes. Provide background information about local issues to engage community members in learning and development processes. Develop, integrate and apply conceptual frameworks and skills related to learning about local issues in community settings. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have- Identified appropriate strategies to include relevant stakeholders in evaluation process and outcomes. Described features of the broader historical and sociopolitical context and immediate organisational context relevant to an evaluation project. Described the rationale and strategies for involving the critical reference group in an evaluation project. Developed a set of principles which guide participatory evaluation projects in an Indigenous context. Justified the purpose, scope and approach of an evaluation project to relevant audiences. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | Reason, P. (nd) A Layperson's Guide to Cooperative Inquiry, Photocopy, Reserve Collection, Curtin Library. Reason, P. (nd) The Cooperative Inquiry Group, Photocopy, Reserve Collection, Curtin Library. Reason, P., (1994), Participation in Human Inquiry,Sage, London. Fals-Borda, ). and Rahman, M.A., (1991), Action and Knowledge: Breaking the Monopoly with Participatory Action Research, Apex, New York. Kirby, S and McKenna, K., (1989), Experience Research Social Change Methods from the Margins, Garamond Press, Ontario. Wadsworth, Y., (1997), Everyday Evaluation on the Run, 2nd Ed, Allen and Unwin, St. Leonards. Stringer, E., (1999), Action Research, 2nd ed, Sage, Thousand Oaks. |
| Unit Texts: | Martins, A.C. (1998), Indigenous health education. Perth, Curtin University of Technology. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Case
notes (15%), Preparing teaching plans (15%), Tests (70%). Students must
obtain a 50% grade in each assessment unit to achieve a Pass grade. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
CRICOS provider code 00301J
