CQUniversity Unit Profile
ENEV12002 First Nations and Community Engagement
First Nations and Community Engagement
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General Information

Overview

In this unit you will critique approaches to community engagement with First Nations community members, communities and agencies within your disciplinary context. You will study culturally appropriate principles and strategies for community engagement, participatory planning and stakeholder relationships. Drawing on transdisciplinary perspectives from First Nations studies, community development, history, planning, natural resource planning, public health and sociology, you will learn to evaluate the requirements of First Nations community engagement. You will develop a professional approach to working with First Nations and community engagement in your disciplinary context.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 2
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 8
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

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 - 2023

Online

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).

Class and Assessment Overview

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

Bundaberg, Cairns, Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton, Townsville
Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

Assessment Overview

1. Online Quiz(zes)
Weighting: 20%
2. Case Study
Weighting: 40%
3. Presentation
Weighting: 40%

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.

Previous Student Feedback

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 SUTE

Feedback

Students enjoyed the unit and the content.

Recommendation

Continue to provide quality content.

Feedback from Email and verbal correspondence.

Feedback

Students voiced concerns over clarity of assessment requirements.

Recommendation

Review assessment requirements and criteria.

Unit Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
  1. Discuss the importance of cultural and historical awareness of First Nations and community engagement within Australia and overseas
  2. Identify the implications of top-down/bottom-up approaches to engagement in disciplinary context
  3. Develop basic First Nations and community engagement plans based on discipline principles
  4. Develop culturally appropriate community engagement plans based on discipline specific principles
  5. Critique the key issues that shape contemporary discourses of First Nations and community engagement

N/A

Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes
N/A Level
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Professional Level
Advanced Level

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes

Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20%
2 - Case Study - 40%
3 - Presentation - 40%

Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes

Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures
Textbooks and Resources

Textbooks

There are no required textbooks.

IT Resources

You will need access to the following IT resources:
  • CQUniversity Student Email
  • Internet
  • Unit Website (Moodle)
  • PowerPoint
  • Zoom
Referencing Style

All submissions for this unit must use the referencing styles below:

For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.

Teaching Contacts
Robyn Preston Unit Coordinator
r.preston@cqu.edu.au
Schedule
Principles of community engagement (Week 1) Begin Date: 06 Nov 2023

Module/Topic

Principles of community engagement 

 

Chapter

Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum.

Events and Submissions/Topic

Optional Tutorial - Introduction to Unit and Assessment 1.

History of community and Indigenous engagement (Week 2) Begin Date: 13 Nov 2023

Module/Topic

First Nations Engagement

 

Chapter

Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum.

Events and Submissions/Topic

Discipline Specific Topics in First Nations and Community Engagement (Week 3) Begin Date: 20 Nov 2023

Module/Topic

Environmental Science Students: Natural Resource Management

Public Health Students: First Nations and  Community Engagement in Public Health

Chapter

Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum.

Events and Submissions/Topic

Optional Tutorial - Assessment 2.

Participatory planning (Week 4) Begin Date: 27 Nov 2023

Module/Topic

Participatory planning

Chapter

Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum.

Events and Submissions/Topic

QUIZ Due: Week 4 Friday (1 Dec 2023) 11:45 pm AEST
Vacation Week Begin Date: 04 Dec 2023

Module/Topic

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Using Quantitative data (Week 5) Begin Date: 11 Dec 2023

Module/Topic

Using quantitative data

Chapter

Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum.

Events and Submissions/Topic

Case Study Due: Week 5 Friday (15 Dec 2023) 11:45 pm AEST
Using Qualitative data (Week 6) Begin Date: 18 Dec 2023

Module/Topic

Using qualitative data

Chapter

Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum.

Events and Submissions/Topic

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Vacation Week Begin Date: 25 Dec 2023

Module/Topic

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

First Nations Engagement and Conflict (Week 7) Begin Date: 01 Jan 2024

Module/Topic

Indigenous engagement and conflict resolution

Chapter

Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum.

Events and Submissions/Topic

Case study 1 (Week 8) Begin Date: 08 Jan 2024

Module/Topic

Environmental Science Students - Case study 1: Working alongside Aboriginal custodians in the Wet Tropics

Public Health Students - Case study 1: Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations

Chapter

Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum

Events and Submissions/Topic

Optional Tutorial - Assessment 3.

Case study 2 (Week 9) Begin Date: 15 Jan 2024

Module/Topic

Environmental Health Students - Case study 2: Working with Prescribed Body Corporates.

Public Health Students - Case study 2: Working with Remote Communities

Chapter

Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum

Events and Submissions/Topic

 

 

Case study 3 (Week 10) Begin Date: 22 Jan 2024

Module/Topic

Environmental Health Students - Case study 3: Bush Heritage Australia

Public Health Students - Case study 3: Working with Urban Communities

Chapter

Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum

Events and Submissions/Topic

Evaluating success in community engagement (Week 11) Begin Date: 29 Jan 2024

Module/Topic

Evaluating success in community engagement

Chapter

Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum

Events and Submissions/Topic

Unit review (Week 12) Begin Date: 05 Feb 2024

Module/Topic

Unit Review

Chapter

Prescribed learning activities - narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum

Events and Submissions/Topic

Engagement Plan Due: Week 12 Friday (9 Feb 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Exam Week Begin Date: 12 Feb 2024

Module/Topic

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Assessment Tasks

1 Online Quiz(zes)

Assessment Title
QUIZ

Task Description

Assessment 1: Part A (5%): The first part of this assessment is the completion of the micro-credential:  PDC95907: First Nations Cross Cultural Competency for Students: It Starts with Understanding. This micro-credential is on the BeDifferent Platform and will take up to 2 hours to complete. Upload your digital badge/certificate of completion onto the Moodle site. Once you upload your micro-credential certificate you will be able to access the Quiz.

Assessment 1 (15%): Part B: Multiple Choice Quiz, testing your knowledge from weeks 1 and 2, appropriate terminology and protocols when engaging with First Nations peoples and First Nations Disadvantage Indicators. You have 4 hours to complete the quiz.

 


Number of Quizzes


Frequency of Quizzes


Assessment Due Date

Week 4 Friday (1 Dec 2023) 11:45 pm AEST


Return Date to Students

Results of the quiz will be released once the quiz has closed.


Weighting
20%

Assessment Criteria

By uploading your completion certificate (Quiz Part A), you will automatically earn the 5 marks this task is worth.

Questions in the Quiz Part B are worth 0.50 to 1 mark each. 


Referencing Style

Submission

No submission method provided.


Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • Discuss the importance of cultural and historical awareness of First Nations and community engagement within Australia and overseas
  • Identify the implications of top-down/bottom-up approaches to engagement in disciplinary context
  • Critique the key issues that shape contemporary discourses of First Nations and community engagement

2 Case Study

Assessment Title
Case Study

Task Description

Choose a case study and develop an outline for the Final Assessment 3: Engagement Plan for one of the following fictional scenarios.

The locations are real to give some locational and historical context, but the scenarios are entirely fictional.

•    A dengue mosquito eradication program in a suburb of Rockhampton.

•    Protection of turtle nesting sites at Ella Bay.

•    Revegetation corridor of native plant species in Peterson Creek, Yungaburra.

Prepare a short report that outlines your proposed Engagement Plan.

Decide which of the nominated case study projects you wish to focus on in your Assessment 3 Engagement Plan. Alternatively, if you have your own project you would like to propose, please email the unit coordinator for permission before starting the assessment.

The report should be presented with all the essential elements outlined in the preparation guide and layout example available on Moodle.


Assessment Due Date

Week 5 Friday (15 Dec 2023) 11:45 pm AEST


Return Date to Students

Week 7 Friday (5 Jan 2024)


Weighting
40%

Assessment Criteria

Marks for this assessment will be awarded as follows:

  • 20% Overview of the community and project
  • 40% Identification of stakeholders and priorities
  • 20% Principles and aims of engagement strategy
  • 15% Report Presentation - grammar, formatting, layout, terminology
  • 5% Referencing


Referencing Style

Submission
Online

Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • Discuss the importance of cultural and historical awareness of First Nations and community engagement within Australia and overseas
  • Identify the implications of top-down/bottom-up approaches to engagement in disciplinary context

3 Presentation

Assessment Title
Engagement Plan

Task Description

Using your Assessment 2 submission as the starting point, present a full Engagement Plan that will incorporate details you have learned throughout term.

The aim of this assessment is to consider the principles, strategies, and issues around community engagement in your discipline context. The outcome is a practical, real-world presentation that could be applied in your discipline context.

Your audience will be a community.

The length of your presentation is 10 to 15 minutes.

Essential elements are outlined in the preparation guide on the Moodle site. Further details will be discussed in the assessment 3 Zoom session. An example PowerPoint layout will be provided on the Moodle site after the Zoom session. 

Presentation Format

Students can record their presentation and submit the recording to Moodle.

Students can choose to present live to the Unit Coordinator by the due date. Presentation times must be arranged by 4pm Monday 8 January 2024 (week 8).

 


Assessment Due Date

Week 12 Friday (9 Feb 2024) 11:45 pm AEST


Return Date to Students

Two weeks after submission.


Weighting
40%

Minimum mark or grade
50%

Assessment Criteria

Marks for this assessment will be awarded as follows:

  • 15% Introduction, Location and Background
  • 20% Stakeholders
  • 30% Recommended strategies for engaging stakeholders
  • 20% Discussion and Conclusion
  • 10% Presentation Skills
  • 5% Visual Aids


Referencing Style

Submission

No submission method provided.


Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • Discuss the importance of cultural and historical awareness of First Nations and community engagement within Australia and overseas
  • Identify the implications of top-down/bottom-up approaches to engagement in disciplinary context
  • Develop basic First Nations and community engagement plans based on discipline principles
  • Develop culturally appropriate community engagement plans based on discipline specific principles
  • Critique the key issues that shape contemporary discourses of First Nations and community engagement

Academic Integrity Statement

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.

When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.

Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.

As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.

What is a breach of academic integrity?

A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.

Why is academic integrity important?

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