HSW221 - Community-Engaged Research Practice A
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Waterfront (Geelong), Warrnambool, Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| 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. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 1 x 2 hour lecture per week supported by weekly online independent and collaborative learning activities. |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | 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. |
| 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.
Unit Fee Information
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