GEOG 5005 - Community Engagement

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2017

In recent years, community engagement has become a central dimension of governance as well as policy development and service delivery. However efforts to directly involve citizens in policy processes have been bedevilled by crude understandings of the issues involved, and by poor selection of techniques for engaging citizens. This course will provide a critical interrogation of the central conceptual issues as well as an examination of how to design a program of effective community engagement. This course begins by asking: Why involve citizens in planning and policymaking? This leads to an examination of the politics of planning, conceptualisations of "community" and, to the tension between local and professional knowledge in policy making. This course will also analyse different types of citizen engagement and examine how to design a program of public participation for policy making. Approaches to evaluating community engagement programs will also be a component of the course.

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Course Details

Course Code	GEOG 5005
Course	Community Engagement
Coordinating Unit	Geography, Environment and Population
Term	Semester 1
Level	Postgraduate Coursework
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	6
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Incompatible	GEST 5005
Assessment	Short essay (20%), engagement plan and evaluation framework (35%), media engagement task (15%), seminar presentation (20%), seminar participation (10%)

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Professor Melissa Nursey-Bray

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

Course Learning Outcomes

At the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1	Develop understanding of content and techniques of community engagement at local to international levels
2	Locate, analyse and synthesise information about the diversity of community engagement approaches in a planned and timely manner
3	Develop ability to apply effective, creative and innovative solutions to governance problems that require community engagement



4	By use of role model examples, demonstrate how community engagement can perform leadership functions within community5
5	Develop appreciation of cross cultural contexts and nuances/implications of community engagement

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This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

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Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	4, 5, 6
Teamwork and communication skills developed from, with, and via the SGDE honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning	2, 3, 5 , 7, 8,
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	1, 2, 3, 7
Intercultural and ethical competency adept at operating in other cultures comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges	1, 8
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate	3, 4, 5

Learning Resources

Required Resources

Students are not required to read any particular core text. However, it is expected that readings provided will be read prior to class, and that students will undertake their own research and reading as relevant to course themes.

Recommended Resources

A number of readings will be provided in the first week and students are recommended to access and read at least one of these in each theme folder provided.

Online Learning

Students will be able to access readings, course materials on MYUNI. I use the MYUNI as a key medium for sending messages to students so it is a good idea to check it regularly.

Learning & Teaching Modes

The teaching and learning mode for this course will be delivered via one 3-hour block activity. This period will be divided up into (i) information delivery, and (ii) group work/interaction and tasks.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

1 x 3-hour seminar (or equivalent) per week	36 hours per semester
8 hours reading per week	96 hours per semester
10 hours assignment preparation per week	120 hours per semester
5 hours research per week	60 hours per semester
TOTAL WORKLOAD	312 hours per semester

Learning Activities Summary

The semester schedule is as follows:

Schedule
Week	Community Engagement	Notes
Week 1	Course overview and community engagement?
Week 2	What is community?
Week 3	Methods of public participation
Week 4	NO CLASS DUE TO EASTER - ASSESSMENT WEEK
Week 5	Methods of public participation
Week 6	Case study 1: The Murray Case study 2: MPAs
	Mid-Semester Break
Week 7	Case Study 3: Indigenous
Week 8	Case study 4: Risk
Week 9	Case study 5: Communicating climate change to Environmental Managers
Week 10	Case study 6: International examples of community engagement
Week 11	Verbal presentation preparation week – no class
Week 12	Verbal group presentations

Small Group Discovery Experience

This course relies on small group discovery activities based around community engagement case studies

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Assessment Summary

Assessment Task	Task Type	Weighting	Learning Outcome
1. Seminar attendance and participation	Formative and Summative	10%	1, 2, 3, 5, 8
2. Essay	Formative and Summative	30%	1,2,
3. Evaluation of existing community engagement strategy	Formative and Summative	35%	2, 3, 4, 5
4. Group verbal presentation	Formative and Summative	25%	1, 6, 7, 8

Assessment Related Requirements

Students must attend all sessions.

Assessment Detail

Seminar attendance and participation
Weight: 10%

Essay
Using the literature and case studies to justify your points, write an essay that critically reflects on what community means and its implications for community engagement.
Weight: 30%

Evaluation of an existing community engagement strategy
Detail on this assessment will be provided. The assignment requires you to work in pairs.
Weight: 35%

Group verbal presentation
In your group presentation, you must present how you would construct a community engagement campaign, based on scenarios given.
Weight: 25%

Submission

Students may submit their work in hard copy to the coordinator’s, via the School Office. Students may email their assignment as well but a hard copy needs to be submitted first.

Students who do not request an extension will forfeit assessment marks at 10% for every three days it is late.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

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