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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
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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. |
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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. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
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. |
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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. |
Field of Education: | 90300 Studies in Human Society (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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