HSW221 - Community-Engaged Research Practice A
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Waterfront (Geelong), Warrnambool, Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | James Lucas |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2 hour lecture per week supported by weekly online independent and collaborative learning activities. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities will support learning across the trimester. NIKERI-CBD students only: Online independent and collaborative learning activities including online practical experiences (workshops). |
| In-person attendance requirements: | Campus students only: 1 x 2 hour lecture per week. Campus students are required to attend at least 9 out of the 11 lectures. NIKERI-CBD students only: there are compulsory intensives for all students at the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute, Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus. These intensives are arranged by year-level. Please contact the NIKERI Social Work Course Team for more information on 1800 063 383. |
| 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. |
Note:*National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute students only. | |
Content
This unit is the first in the community-engaged research practice (CERP) unit sequence. Students are introduced to the foundations of CERP as a method of social work practice. Key topics include: identifying and building on existing work, linking lived experience and identity to practice, engaging project teams and community partners, scoping and planning a project idea, aligning project and community goals, selecting research methods aligned to aims and outcomes, common data collection and analysis methods, creating and pitching a project brief, seeking human research ethics approval, and sharing project outcomes. Key professional practice skills (e.g., written communication , engaging and collaborating with service users and other stakeholders, working effectively in a team) are learnt along the way in developing a community-engaged, researcher-practitioner identity.
Learning outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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| ULO1 | Explain different approaches to community-engaged research practice to a diverse range of audiences. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Explain the value and role of lived experience in community-engaged research practice. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Describe and apply the key professional social work practice skills used in community-engaged research practice. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Apply professional social work practice skills to scoping, evaluating and presenting collaborative, ethical research project ideas with key community partners. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Plan an approach to research (or a research project) that responds to local community contexts and reflects the values, principles, processes and professional practices of community-engaged research. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO6 | Demonstrate professional practice skills in ways that foster professional and respectful team environments. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Community analysis and research plan | 1500 word written report | 40% |
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| Assessment 2: Community research project brief | Project brief with video pitch (2500 words equivalent) | 60% |
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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
The texts and reading list for HSW221 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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