IND717 - Facilitation Skills for Land Management
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Suzanne Nunn |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | Students are required to attend 2 x 1-week long Intensives at Waurn Ponds campus, Geelong. Intensives include a mixture of lectures, seminars and practical activities |
Note:*Community Based Delivery (CBD) is for National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute students only. | |
Content
When working to achieve positive outcomes for managing land and Sea Country, it is necessary for people to work constructively with diverse groups. The art of facilitation is a vital skill required to ensure Communities can be adequately informed and ensure consent-based decision-making. Facilitation activities can range from consultation and engagement; co-design of projects; agreement making; conflict resolution and negotiation. These are sought after skills for practitioners working with and for Aboriginal organisations and Communities now and into the future. In this unit you will: engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and Western knowledges to clearly describe key concepts used in community engagement and participation; collaborate effectively to develop processes to make group decisions and lastly, apply Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and Western knowledges to critically analyse and develop a personal approach to facilitation. The assessment tasks are based on identifying your own existing skill base, leading a facilitation and critically examining how professional facilitation practices can be designed to include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural protocols and practices. After concluding this unit, you may have developed a keen interest in facilitation techniques and follow up with more professional development.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Western knowledges to clearly and concisely describe key concepts used in community engagement and participation | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Apply Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and Western knowledges to critically analyse and develop a response to community participation and engagement in land and sea Country management | GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO3 | Collaborate effectively to develop processes to make group decisions and solve problems | GLO5: Problem solving GLO6: Self-management GLO7: Teamwork |
| ULO4 | Develop skills and abilities as a reflective practitioner and professional facilitator within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander context | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO6: Self-management |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 - Critical Reflection | 1000 words | 20% | Week 4 |
| Assessment 2 - Practical Design | 1500 words | 30% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 3 - Demonstration | 2500 words | 50% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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