Overview
Volunteering in cross-cultural communities is an experience many adults seek out to broaden their personal and professional perspectives. In this unit you will develop the skills and knowledge required to undertake a volunteer experience in a cross-cultural context. These experiences include being able to initiate and maintain cross-cultural relationships and to reflect deeply on your own actions, assumptions and worldviews that influence these relationships. You will explore the benefits and challenges of volunteering in cross-cultural communities and organisations and develop skills in the co-generation of knowledge through working closely with others. This unit requires you to undertake a minimum of 25 hours volunteering with a community organisation that will provide you with an opportunity to work with people from a cultural context different to your own.
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 - 2022
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 coordinator's observation.
Students engage well with material that relates to personal and professional experiences they may have had.
Encourage greater student reflection on personal experience, add more discussion opportunities in the class by offering relevant case studies and embed critical reflective questions in assessment tasks.
- Initiate and maintain effective cross-cultural relationships within the community
- Evaluate the benefits and challenges of volunteering in cross-cultural communities
- Evaluate the benefits and challenges of co-generation of knowledge within a cross-cultural context
- Critically reflect on own experiences of volunteering in cross-cultural communities.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Group Work - 40% | ||||
| 2 - Case Study - 30% | ||||
| 3 - Reflective Practice Assignment - 30% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 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 | ||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
Additional Textbook Information
No recommended text book for this unit.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing styles below:
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.kaphle@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Concept of community
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly reading
Weekly tutorial
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly reading
Weekly tutorial
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Health promotion communications
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly reading
Weekly tutorial
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Group Presentation
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Group Presentations (Assessment 1) will be held in tutorials this week.
Group Presentation Due: Week 4 Friday (5 Aug 2022) 5:00 pm AEST
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Working with community
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly reading
Weekly tutorial
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Community empowerment and capacity building
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly reading
Weekly tutorial
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Approaches to community development
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly reading
Weekly tutorial
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Inter-cultural communication
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly reading
Weekly tutorial
Case Study Due: Week 8 Friday (9 Sept 2022) 5:00 pm AEST
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Working with vulnerable groups
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly reading
Weekly tutorial
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Culturally competent health promotion practice
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly reading
Weekly tutorial
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Team work in public health
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly reading
Weekly tutorial
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Student must attend weekly classes scheduled for the unit.
1 Group Work
For this assessment, students will work in a group of five to analyse the socio-cultural context and strategies of a health promotion program currently running in Australia or internationally. Presentation needs to be prepared in Powerpoint and will be held during the class. Each group will get a maximum of 10 minutes for their presentation. The program chosen program to undertake analysis for this assessment must be discussed with the relevant lecturer for approval.
Week 4 Friday (5 Aug 2022) 5:00 pm AEST
Presentations will be assessed in class.
Feedback will be provided individually based on the assessment criteria for the task.
The presentation will be assessed on the following criteria.
The social and cultural context of health promotion program is explored and described: 20%
Strategies used in the chosen health promotion program are explored and described: 20%
Critical analysis of health promotion program is demonstrated and discussed: 20%
Presentation contents show understanding, reference to literature, and practical application: 20%
Clear presentation with appropriate language and all information is appropriately referenced: 20%
- Evaluate the benefits and challenges of volunteering in cross-cultural communities
- Evaluate the benefits and challenges of co-generation of knowledge within a cross-cultural context
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
2 Case Study
The second assessment task for this unit is a case study [2000 words]. Each student will choose a population group to write a case study about. The case study will explore and critically analyse communication and cultural factors impacting health and wellbeing of the chosen population group. All students must discuss the population group chosen for the case study with their lecturer for approval. Appropriate writing style is essential for this assignment. The case study must be written in formal academic language with complete referencing and must demonstrate appropriate language that reflects the professional environment and conventions of the field.
Week 8 Friday (9 Sept 2022) 5:00 pm AEST
Students must submit the assignment through Moodle.
Feedback files will be uploaded to Moodle.
The case study will be assessed on the following criteria.
Context and characteristics of population group described: 15%
Health status of the population group and relative inequities identified and discussed: 15%
Communication and cultural factors impacting health outcomes of population group explored, analysed and discussed: 30%
Strategies to address the communication and cultural barriers identified and discussed: 20%
All work is the student's own, all information is appropriately referenced, and assessment is written following academic convention: 20%
- Initiate and maintain effective cross-cultural relationships within the community
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
3 Reflective Practice Assignment
The third assessment task for this unit is a reflective essay [1000 words]. Each student will write a reflective essay based on his or her experience of engaging with a cross-cultural community. Student can use example from their previous or current experience of working with a community group and reflect on communication and cultural challenges they experience. Students should then discuss learning they achieved from this experience and how they will apply that knowledge to improve their current or future public health practice.
Week 12 Friday (7 Oct 2022) 5:00 pm AEST
Students must submit the assignment through Moodle.
Feedback files will be uploaded to Moodle.
The reflective essay will be assessed on the following criteria.
The essay shows evidence of understanding of cross-cultural community engagement: 25%
Reflection demonstrates use of appropriate language, personal learning and change in practice: 25%
Reflexivity in linking personal experience, practice examples and evidence: 25%
All work is the student's own, all information is properly referenced, and essay is written according to academic convention: 25%
- Critically reflect on own experiences of volunteering in cross-cultural communities.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Self-management
- 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.
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?
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.
What can you do to act with integrity?
