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
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 - 2024
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.
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 Head of Course Consultation (Public Health and Paramedicine)
Paramedicine cohort commencing in 2025 will require different unit focus including on direct patient care as well as community engagement.
Unit refresh to be further modularised for different disciplines.
Feedback from Student feedback
Students appreciated guest lecturers and real world case studies.
Unit refresh to add more guest lectures and real world case studies.
Feedback from Student feedback
Students valued the level of communication and clear guidelines provided by the unit coordinator.
Continue to provide drop in tutorials and clear guidelines on assessments and requirements and communication on the Moodle and through emails.
Feedback from Head of Course (Science, Environment and Agriculture) Consultation Head of College Consultation
There will be increased student numbers from diverse disciplines including Science, Environmental Science, Agricultural Science and Allied Health..
Consultation with discipline teams to ensure unit is meeting these students' needs. Unit refresh to be further modulised for different disciplines.
- 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
N/A
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
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- PowerPoint
- Zoom
- Camera and microphone for attending Zoom tutorials and completing presentation assessment task
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing styles below:
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
r.preston@cqu.edu.au
m.g.stewart@cqu.edu.au
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
Tutorial - Introduction to Unit and Assessment 1 (10.00am Tuesday 5 November 2025 AEST). (Not compulsory will be recorded).
Module/Topic
First Nations Engagement
Chapter
Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Choose a topic related to your discipline:
Topic A: Natural Resource Management
Topic B: 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
Tutorial - Terminologies and Protocols and Assessment 2 (10.00amTuesday 19 November 2024 AEST). (Not compulsory will be recorded).
Assessment 1 Part A Opens: Week 3 Wednesday 20 November at 9.00am AEST
Module/Topic
Participatory planning
Chapter
Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 1 Part A due Friday 29 November 2024
Module/Topic
Using quantitative data
Chapter
Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Using qualitative data
Chapter
Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Two week university break Monday 23 December 2024 to Friday 3 January 2025.
Module/Topic
Choose a case study related to your discipline:
Case study 1A: Working alongside Aboriginal custodians in the Wet Tropics
Case study 1B: Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations
Chapter
Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial - Assessment 3 (10.00am Tuesday 7 January AEST). (Not compulsory will be recorded).
Assessment 1 Part B Due: Week 8 Monday 6 January 2024 11:59pm AEST
Module/Topic
Choose a case study related to your discipline:
Case study 2A: Working with Prescribed Body Corporates.
Case study 2B: Working with Remote Communities
Chapter
Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Choose a case study related to your discipline:
Case study 3A: Bush Heritage Australia
Case study 3B: Working with Urban Communities
Chapter
Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Evaluation in First Nations community engagement
Chapter
Prescribed learning activities - study guide, narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum
Events and Submissions/Topic
Public Holiday Monday 27 January 2025
Module/Topic
Unit Review
Chapter
Prescribed learning activities - narrated PowerPoint/lecture, e-Readings and online discussion forum
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Unit Coordinators:
Dr Robyn Preston: r.preston@cqu.edu.au
Ms Madeline Stewart: m.g.stewart@cqu.au
1 Online Quiz(zes)
There are two parts to Assessment 1. Assessment 1: Part A is an online quiz. Assessment 1: Part B is completion of the Micro-credential PDC115414: A Guide to First Nations Community Engagement at CQUniversity.
Assessment 1: Part A is an online quiz that tests your knowledge from weeks 1 and 2, and the week 3 tutorial (Appropriate terminology and protocols when engaging with First Nations peoples).
Questions are worth 0.25 to 1 mark each.
You have 4 hours to complete the quiz.
The Quiz will open on Week 3 Wednesday 20 November at 9.00am AEST
Due Date: Week 4 Friday 29 November 11:59pm AEST
Return Date to Students: Marks will be released after the due date.
Weighting: Assessment 1 Part A: 10%
Submission: Online
Assessment 1 Part B: Micro-credential: PDC115414: A Guide to First Nations Community Engagement at CQUniversity
This micro-credential is on the BeDifferent Platform and will take approximately 6 hours to complete. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
- Identify the elements of the First Nations Community Engagement Framework to ensure First Nations communities remain at the centre of industries' First Nations community engagement activities
- Outline the steps required to apply the First Nations Community Engagement Scale to community-based projects
- Reflect on your organisation's First Nations community engagement approaches
The micro-credential modules complement the unit materials. In weeks 1 to 6 of the Moodle there will be a guide to when you should complete each of the micro-credential modules.
Due Date: Week 8 Monday 6 January 2024 11:59pm AEST
Return Date to Students: By uploading your completion certificate (Quiz Part B), you will automatically earn the 10 marks that this task is worth.
Weighting: Assessment 1 Part B: 10%
Submission: Upload your digital badge/certificates of completion onto the Moodle site (the certificate must show your name).
2
Other
Part A Due: Week 4 Friday 29 November 11:59pm AEST. Part B Due: Week 8 Monday 6 January 2024 11:59pm AEST.
Questions are worth 0.25 to 1 mark each (Part A).
By uploading your completion certificates (Part B), you will automatically earn the 10 marks this task is worth.
- 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
Choose a case study and undertake the initial research and develop an outline for the Final Assessment 3: Engagement Plan for one of the fictional scenarios available in the Assessment 2 task description on Moodle.
The locations are real to give some locational and historical context, but the scenarios are entirely fictional.
Prepare a short report (1000 - 1250 words) that outlines your proposed Engagement Plan.
The report should be presented with all the essential elements outlined in the Assessment 2 preparation guide and template available on Moodle.
Week 5 Friday (6 Dec 2024) 4:00 pm AEST
Week 7 Friday (20 Dec 2024)
Case Studies will be marked using criterion-referenced assessment. There is a detailed marking criteria on Moodle:
- 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
- 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
Using your Assessment 2 submission as the starting point, present a full Engagement Plan that will incorporate knowledge 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 First Nations community.
The length of your presentation is 10 to 15 minutes.
Essential elements are outlined in the Assessment 3 preparation guide on the Moodle site. Further details, including an example PowerPoint layout, will be discussed in the assessment 3 Zoom session.
Presentation Format
Students will present live via Zoom to the Unit Coordinators during week 12 before Friday 7 February 4.00pm AEST.
Presentation times must be scheduled with the Unit coordinators by 4.00pm Monday 6 January 2025 (week 8) (AEST).
Students must also submit a copy of their slides, speaking notes (Microsoft Word) and their community information materials on the Moodle one hour prior to their presentation.
Week 12 Friday (7 Feb 2025) 4:00 pm AEST
Students will present during week 12 before Friday 7 February 4.00pm AEST. Presentation times must be scheduled with the Unit coordinators by 4.00pm Monday 6 January 2025 (week 8) (AEST). Slides (pdf), speaking notes (Microsoft word) and community information handout/materials submitted on the Moodle 1 hour prior to presentation.
Week 12 Friday (7 Feb 2025)
After confirmation of grades
The Presentation (Engagement Plan) will be marked using criterion-referenced assessment. There is a detailed marking criteria on Moodle:
- 15% Introduction, Location and Background
- 15% Stakeholders
- 25% Recommended strategies for engaging stakeholders
- 20% Discussion and Conclusion
- 10% Presentation Skills including answering questions
- 5% Visual Aids
- 10% Information material for the community
- 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
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