Overview
In this unit you will explore adaptive capacity building within communities and community resilience from a partnerships perspective. You will come to understand policy levers, available tools, programs and information that support adaptation and will develop skills to help facilitate partnerships and networks across government, non-government and community agencies to build community resilience. A key part of this unit involves understanding how these processes influence community change.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2021
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit Evaluation
Students would appreciate greater clarification of the assessment.
Students will be offered online tutorials to further clarify their understanding of the assessment.
Feedback from Unit Evaluation
Allocation of teams for assessment 1
Review moving the team assessment to later in the term for 2021
Feedback from Unit Evaluation
Use of online tutorials to provide clarification of assessment
Online tutorials for assessment instruction will be offered for 2021
- Explain the relationship between adaptive capacity building and community resilience and how each contributes respond to how communities deal with change
- Collaborate with community members and agencies to prioritise strategies to build community resilience
- Evaluate the effectiveness of strategies to build community partnerships.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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1 | 2 | 3 | |
1 - Group Work - 20% | |||
2 - Written Assessment - 40% | |||
3 - Written Assessment - 40% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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1 | 2 | 3 | |
1 - Knowledge | |||
2 - Communication | |||
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | |||
4 - Research | |||
5 - Self-management | |||
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | |||
7 - Leadership | |||
8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures |
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
1 - Group Work - 20% | ||||||||
2 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||
3 - Written Assessment - 40% |
Textbooks
Principles for building resilience: sustaining ecosystem services in social-ecological systems
(2015)
Authors: Biggs, R, Schluter, M & Schoon, ML
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge Cambridge , UK
ISBN: 978-1-107-08265-6
Binding: Hardcover
Additional Textbook Information
There is an e-book copy in the CQU library:https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/principles-for-building-resilience/578EBCAA6C9A18430498982D66CFB042 (you need to be logged into the CQU library system to gain access).
If you prefer your own copy, both paper and eBook versions can be purchased at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code).
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
r.preston@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction to unit
Introduction to ideas of resilience and adaptive capacity
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
What is adaptive capacity building? What is community resilience?
Chapter
Chapter 1
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
How does adaptive capacity building and community resilience contribute to communities dealing with change?
Chapter
Chapter 2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Understanding your community (diversity and redundancy)
Chapter
Chapter 3
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Establishing community partnerships
Chapter
Chapter 4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment task 1- Group presentation Due: Week 5 Monday (9 Aug 2021) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Evaluating community partnerships
Chapter
Chapter 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Communication within partnerships
Chapter
Chapter 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Co-generation of knowledge
Chapter
Chapter 7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 2 - Application of Guiding Principals (40% Weighing) - Due Week 8, Monday 6 September 2021, 11.45pm
Assessment task 2- Application of guiding principles Due: Week 8 Monday (6 Sept 2021) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Building capacity through participation and partnerships
Chapter
Chapter 8
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Power and politics within community partnerships
Chapter
Chapter 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
End of project or end of partnership?
Chapter
Chapter 10
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Reflection and evaluation of learning
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 3 - Report (40% weighing) - Due Week 12: Monday 4 October 2021, 11.45pm AEST
Assessment task 3- Report Due: Week 12 Monday (4 Oct 2021) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Group Work
Based on the reflective questions in your Study Guide from weeks 1-3, put together a brief presentation (narrated Powerpoint or equivalent) of 5 minutes, that outlines the relationship between adaptive capacity building and community resilience and how you see the relevance of these concepts in your workplace (choose one discipline if you have a number of disciplinary backgrounds in your group).
Week 5 Monday (9 Aug 2021) 11:45 pm AEST
Two weeks after submission
There is a detailed marking rubric on the Moodle site you should refer to. Two marking criteria are associated with this assessment. You will need to demonstrate: an inquiring and critical approach to understanding fundamental concepts associated with capacity building and community resilience; and, application of the concepts to your own professional context.
- Collaborate with community members and agencies to prioritise strategies to build community resilience
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
2 Written Assessment
Write 200 words for each of the 10 guiding principles, as outlined in Table 1 or Doyle et al. (2015), related to how you have used, or are intending to use, these principles in developing your community partnership and prioritising strategies to build community resilience. NB there are 14 building principles listed, so you need to choose the most applicable.
Reference: Doyle, EEH, Becker, JS, Neely, DP, Johnston,DM & Pepperell, B 2015, 'Knowledge transfer between communities, practitioners, and researchers: a case study for community resilience in Wellington, New Zealand', Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 55-66.
Week 8 Monday (6 Sept 2021) 11:45 pm AEST
Two weeks after submission
There is a detailed marking criteria available on the Moodle site you should refer to. This assessment will be marked according to three criteria: selecting 10 appropriate guiding principles for your partnership and context; application of principles to demonstrate skills and knowledge related to building community partnerships; and, application of principles to demonstrate skills and knowledge related to building community resilience.
- Explain the relationship between adaptive capacity building and community resilience and how each contributes respond to how communities deal with change
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
3 Written Assessment
Write a 3000 word report outlining the process of building the community partnership you have worked on this term. In your report, you will need to:
1) provide an overview of the context of the partnership;
2) evaluate the strategies used to build the partnership and community resilience;
3) reflect on the whole process;
4) use relevant literature to support your evaluation and your reflections.
Week 12 Monday (4 Oct 2021) 11:45 pm AEST
Final assessment grade released after the confirmation of grades.
You will find a detailed marking criteria on the Moodle site you should refer to when completing this assessment. This assessment will be marked according to criteria related to: professional presentation of the report; providing a background regarding the context of the partnership; strategies and evaluation of these strategies; critically reflecting on the whole process;and, use of literature to support the strategies, evaluation and reflection processes.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of strategies to build community partnerships.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
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What is a breach of academic integrity?
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Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.