IND717 - Facilitation and Engagement for Natural and Cultural Resources Management

Unit details

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Year

2017 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Waurn Ponds (Geelong) Community Based Delivery - Intensive mode

Trimester 2: Waurn Ponds (Geelong) Community Based Delivery - Intensive mode

Trimester 3: Waurn Ponds (Geelong) Community Based Delivery - Intensive mode

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit chair:

Kurt Sutton

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

Nil

Contact hours:

Students are required to attend 2 x 1 week long Intensives at Waurn Ponds campus, Geelong. Intensives include a mixture of classes, seminars and practical activities.

Content

When working to achieve positive outcomes in Natural and Cultural Resource Management it is often necessary for groups of people to work together and for there to be constructive input from the community. Examples of the kinds of groups that need to work together effectively to make effective decisions include working groups, boards, committees, stakeholder groups and Community meetings. Facilitation and community engagement skills are effective and sought after skills for practitioners working with and for Aboriginal organisations and Communities in this field.

 

This unit provides students with an opportunity to develop their understanding of groups and the skills and knowledge involved in promoting community engagement, participation and effective group decision-making. The unit will examine topics such as meeting organisation and facilitation, group dynamics, active listening, sources of tension, managing conflict, prioritising and making decisions, community needs and preferences for participation and types of community engagement.

 

The unit aims to be relevant and practical for people working with groups of people to create successful natural and cultural resource management outcomes. This unit requires students to engage in a considerable amount of practical exercises that aim to enable students to observe group dynamics and put into practice the theory about how groups make decisions and gain experience in applying skills and strategies that support participant access to group decision-making.

Assessment

Reflective Writing, 1000 words, 20%

Demonstration/practical, 1200 words, 50%

Case Study, 1500 words, 30%