303352 (v.3) CAS - Community Education Practice 323

Area:

Centre for Aboriginal Studies

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

30.0

Seminar:

1 x 30 Hours Quarterly

Prerequisite(s):

303342 (v.3) CAS - Community Education Practice 312 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Review of Community Development Framework, in particular, supporting groups for action and working for justice. Strategies for building a strong and representative reference group and ensuring the evaluation project remains participatory, accountable to key stakeholders and the critical reference group and acknowledge Aboriginal Terms of Reference. Issues concerning the representation of indigenous people.

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit students will have- Been able to facilitate the involvement of the Critical Reference Group (CRG) and other stakeholders in providing feedback to finalise evaluation report and recommendations. Communicated the finalevaluation report to CRG and other stakeholders in an appropriate manner. Identified specific Indigenous issues arising from own evaluation project. Critically examined effects of evaluation project for community development within own organisation or community. Reflected on own evaluation research role as an Indigenous Community Management and Development Practitioner or Indigenous Primary Health Care Practitioner in relation to Aboriginal Terms of Reference and Community Development.

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, O., 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, Onatrio. 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:

No prescribed texts.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Evaluation report (20%), Field work (Behaviour change 30%), Teaching practicum (50%). 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 2	Y