Overview
In this unit you will critique approaches to community and Indigenous engagement within the environmental management sector. You will study aspects of post-colonialism, sustainable environmental management and cultural heritage, as well as examine applied stakeholder relationships and adaptive management approaches. Drawing on transdisciplinary perspectives from Aboriginal studies, community development, history, planning, and sociology, you will learn to evaluate the requirements of community and Indigenous engagement, and develop a professional approach to this aspect of environmental management.
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 3 - 2020
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 Undergraduate 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.
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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 Have Your Say
Students found the moodle site confusing, outdated and the recorded lectures difficult to obtain.
The Unit Coordinator will work more closely with the Lecturer to integrate and make consistent the organization of recorded and other learning materials on the moodle site. Additional checking will be done before the moodle site goes live.
Feedback from Have Your Say
Students were in general very pleased with the lecturer, Dr Alice Buhrich, and the guest speakers.
If possible, Dr Buhrich and her guest speakers will be invited back to lecture into this unit again.
Feedback from Have Your Say
Core concepts were not sign-posted for the assessment tasks. More timely responses to questions on the forum.
Better sign-posting through moodle organization, case study presentation and lecture presentations to indicate which core concepts should be included or considered in which assessments. The lecturer will endeavour to continue timely responses to student questions on the forum. The redesign of moodle in 2019 led to some confusion in finding the Q&A forums, this should not be the case in 2020.
Feedback from Have Your Say (numerical)
Assessment feedback and requirements
There were no specific comments regarding this topic, but the lecturer will continue to return detailed assessment feedback and to make the assessment instructions clearer (and better linked to core concepts and learning materials as mentioned above).
Feedback from Have your say numerical
Low feedback response rate
Students will be reminded by email to participate in the have your say feature and how to use it.
Feedback from Have Your Say (numerical)
Assessment return
There were no specific comments regarding this topic, but the lecturer will continue to return detailed assessment feedback in a timely manner and so that it is obvious to students that their assessment has been marked and returned.
- Discuss the importance of cultural and historical awareness of Indigenous engagement within Australia and overseas
- Identify the implications of top-down/bottom-up approaches to engagement in environmental management
- Develop basic community and Indigenous engagement plans based on adaptive management principles
- Prepare an engagement section of an environmental management planning report
- Critique the key issues that shape contemporary discourses of community and Indigenous engagement.
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Portfolio - 40% | |||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 60% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - First Nations Knowledges | |||||
| 11 - 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 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| 1 - Portfolio - 40% | |||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 60% | |||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- ZOOM
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.bruce@cqu.edu.au
n.english@cqu.edu.au
Principles of community engagement in environmental planning (Week 1)
Begin Date: 09 Nov 2020Module/Topic
Principles of community engagement in environmental planning
Reading and notetaking (optional)
Chapter
| Cavaye, J.M. 2004 Governance and community engagement. In W.R Loval and R. Shaffer (Eds.) The Australian experience in participatory governance: Planning, conflict mediation and public decision making in civil society. Ashgate Publishing, UK, pp 85-102. |
Marshall, N., Steinmetz, C. and R. Zehner 2012 Community participation in planning. In S. Thompson and P.J. Maginn (Eds.) Planning Australia (2nd Ed). Cambridge University Press, New York, pp 276-293. |
Events and Submissions/Topic
Introduce yourself!
Study guide
Lecture
Readings
Prepare summary of readings
History of community and Indigenous engagement (Week 2)
Begin Date: 16 Nov 2020Module/Topic
History of community and Indigenous engagement
Chapter
Smith, B. 2008 Still under the Act? Subjectivity and the State in Aboriginal North Queensland. Oceania 78: 199-216.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Study guide
Lecture
Readings
Prepare summary of readings
Web search of Aboriginal language map Australia & National Native Title Tribunal
Natural Resource Management (Week 3)
Begin Date: 23 Nov 2020Module/Topic
Chapter
Australian Government 2017 Module to the National Water Initiative (NWI) Policy Guidelines for water planning and management: Engaging Indigenous Peoples in water planning and management.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Study guide
Lecture
Readings
Prepare summary of readings
Guest Lecture: TBA
Participatory planning (Week 4)
Begin Date: 30 Nov 2020Module/Topic
Chapter
Freitas, R. 2016 Cultural mapping as a development tool. City, Culture and Society 7:9-16.
Jeanotte, S. 2016 Story-telling about place: Engaging citizens in cultural mapping. City, Culture and Society 7:35-71.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Study guide
Lecture
Readings
Prepare summary of readings
Mid Term Vacation Week
Begin Date: 07 Dec 2020Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Using quantitative data (Week 5)
Begin Date: 14 Dec 2020Module/Topic
Chapter
McGinty, S. (2012). Engaging Indigenous Knowledge(s) in research and practice. Journal of Language Studies 12(1): 5-15.
De Vaus, D. (2002).Finding a Sample. Surveys in social research. Fifth Edition, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW: 69-93.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Study guide
Lecture
Readings
Prepare summary of readings
Using qualitative data (Week 6)
Begin Date: 21 Dec 2020Module/Topic
Chapter
Turner, D. W. (2010). Qualitative Interview Design: A Practical Guide for Novice Investigators. The Qualitative Report 15(3): 754-760.
Anguelovski, I. (2011). Understanding the Dynamics of Community Engagement of Corporations in Communities: The Iterative Relationship Between Dialogue Processes and Local Protest at the Tintaya Copper Mine in Peru. Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal 24(4): 384- 399.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Study guide
Lecture
Readings
Vacation Week
Begin Date: 28 Dec 2020Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Indigenous engagement and conflict resolution (Week 7)
Begin Date: 04 Jan 2021Module/Topic
Chapter
Bauman, T. (2007) ‘You mob all agree?’: the chronic emergency of culturally competent engaged Indigenous problem solving, Indigenous Law Bulletin 6 (29)
Web resource: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community histories at https://www.qld.gov.au/atsi/cultural-awareness-heritagearts/community-histories
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture
Readings
Prepare summary of readings
Case study: Working alongside Aboriginal custodians in the Wet Tropics (Week 8)
Begin Date: 11 Jan 2021Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture
Reading
Reading summary and analysis Due: Week 8 Monday (11 Jan 2021) 11:45 pm AEST
Case study: Indigenous engagement James Price Point (Week 9)
Begin Date: 18 Jan 2021Module/Topic
Chapter
Mitchell, N. and Anderson, J., 1980. Kubara. St. Lucia, Qld.:University of Queensland, Department of Anthropology and Sociology.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Readings
Interview Video
Lecture
Case study: Bush Heritage Australia (Week 10)
Begin Date: 25 Jan 2021Module/Topic
Chapter
Conservation planning in a crosscultural context: the Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Project in the Kimberley, Western Australia.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture
Video
Reading
Evaluating success in community engagement (Week 11)
Begin Date: 01 Feb 2021Module/Topic
Chapter
Douglas Shire Council (2014) Community Engagement Guide and Tools, Douglas Shire Council Publication, Mossman, Queensland.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Study guide
Lecture
Readings
Course review (Week 12)
Begin Date: 08 Feb 2021Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Readings
Lecture
Community engagement strategy Due: Week 12 Monday (8 Feb 2021) 11:45 pm AEST
Exam Week
Begin Date: 15 Feb 2021Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Portfolio
Prepare a portfolio that summarises and discusses peer reviewed journal articles on the theme of Community and Indigenous Engagement.
1. Summarise three peer reviewed journal articles using the principles of reading scientific writing discussed in Week 1 (Lecture 1b 'Reading and note taking’).
2. Prepare a short introduction that sets the context of the portfolio and identifies the main issues.
3. Write a brief discussion that draws links between the content of the papers and the concepts studied in weeks 1 to 4.
Assessment criteria:
10% Presentation - the report is clearly presented, easy to follow, with all the essential elements included in the title page (name, date, title, course number, assessment number). Correct grammar, spelling and punctuation should be used throughout the report.
15% Introduction - this should provide context and identification of main issues.
30% Summary of readings (10% for each reading) - one reading per page, discusses the aim of the paper, take-home message, an example from reading (if relevant) and your own interpretation, critical evaluation or comment.
20% Discussion - highlights the main points, compares information from two or more sources (the sources include the readings), links papers to course content and concepts. Includes a brief conclusion.
5% Referencing - follows the Harvard style in-text, as headings for each article and in the list of references.
20% participation in discussion groups.
The report should be submitted online through Moodle.
There will be a ZOOM forum to discuss Assessment 1. Attendance is optional. This will be a Q & A session for any questions about Assessment 1.
Week 8 Monday (11 Jan 2021) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 10 Monday (25 Jan 2021)
11:45 pm
Marks for this assessment will be awarded as follows:
- 20% for participation in a group discussion (either in online forum or in real-time on zoom). Consideration will be given to the quality of your contributions - did you address the topic and demonstrate engagement with the reading material and the class discussion.
- 10% Presentation - the reading summary and analysis is clearly presented, easy to follow, with all the essential elements included in the title page (name, date, title, course number, assessment number). Correct grammar, spelling and punctuation must be used.
- 15% Introduction - context and identification of main issues.
- 30% Summary of readings (10% for each reading) - one reading per page, discusses aim of paper, take home message, example from reading (if relevant) and your own interpretation, judgement or comment.
- 20% Discussion - highlights the main points, compares information from 2 or more sources, links papers to course content. Includes a brief conclusion.
- 5% Referencing - follows the Harvard style in-text, as headings for each article and in list of references.
- Discuss the importance of cultural and historical awareness of Indigenous engagement within Australia and overseas
- Identify the implications of top-down/bottom-up approaches to engagement in environmental management
- Develop basic community and Indigenous engagement plans based on adaptive management principles
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
Community Engagement Strategy
This assessment requires students to write one 2000 (+/- 10%) word 'Community Engagement Strategy' report.
Develop a Community Engagement Strategy for one of the following fictional scenario’s. The locations are real, to give some context, but the scenarios are fictional (details of each scenario will be provided).
A dengue mosquito eradication program in a suburb of Rockhampton
Managing turtle nesting sites at Ella Bay with relevant stakeholders
Developing a revegetation corridor of native plant species in Peterson Creek, Yungaburra
Format: Write a report using the format below. The format can be adapted as needed as long as it contains the essential components.
Essential Components
1. Title page: title, your name, course name, date
2. Table of contents
3. Introduction: Include the principles and aims of your CIE Strategy, definitions, benefits and risks of CIE to this project.
4. Location/background to project: use the information from the links provided
5. The stakeholders
Who are the stakeholders
Is there a priority of stakeholders
Indigenous stakeholders: who are the native title holders, are there other Indigenous people that should be included not represented in the native title process
Special interest groups: flora, fauna, NGO’s, scientists
Others: Neighbours, Tourists, Government
6. Strategies for engaging stakeholders:
This should be based on your readings and learning from the unit.
Include references using the Harvard system.
Are your proposed strategies qualitative, quantitative or both.
Additional information can go in the Appendices. For example, if you recommend using a questionnaire, this could be included as an Appendix. Make sure you consider how a questionnaire would be distributed.
If you suggest interviews, would these be phone or face-to-face or another method? How would you select the interviewees? Would they be reimbursed for their time?
Timeframe: are there steps in the methodology you propose, what comes first, how long between events.
Feedback: Will the results of the project be provided back to the stakeholders, if so, how?
7. Discussion and conclusion: In the discussion, you can go into more detail about the implications of your recommendations, including weighing up options and identifying limitations (such as funding, resources, other issues). The conclusion can be a summary of your recommendations, in dot points.
8. References
9. Appendices (if required)
Tips for setting out the Community Engagement Strategy
Use dot points where appropriate.
Use figures, maps and tables.
Use Headings and Sub-headings to help guide the reader and the writer.
How you will be marked
Presentation: grammar, formatting, layout, referencing 10%
Introduction: 10%
Location and background: 10%
The Stakeholders 20%
Recommended strategies 30%
Discussion and Conclusion 20%
ZOOM forums to discuss Assessment 2 is scheduled in Week 10. Attendance is optional. The zoom session will be a Q & A sessions for any questions about Assessment 2.
Week 12 Monday (8 Feb 2021) 11:45 pm AEST
Exam Week Monday (15 Feb 2021)
Marks for this assessment will be awarded as follows:
- 20% Presentation - grammar, formatting, layout, word count, referencing.
- 10% Introduction - includes the principles and aims of your Community Engagement Strategy, definitions, benefits and risks of CIE to this project.
- 20% Background and Stakeholders - Location of proposed project, who are the key stakeholders, is there a priority of stakeholders.
- 30% Recommended
strategies - these can be quantitative, qualitative or a combination of both. They should be based on your readings, lectures and study guide.
- 20% Discussion and conclusion.
- Discuss the importance of cultural and historical awareness of Indigenous engagement within Australia and overseas
- Identify the implications of top-down/bottom-up approaches to engagement in environmental management
- Develop basic community and Indigenous engagement plans based on adaptive management principles
- Prepare an engagement section of an environmental management planning report
- Critique the key issues that shape contemporary discourses of community and Indigenous engagement.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
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