Overview
Uses practice research to critically examine professional frameworks of organisational and community change and development practice.
Students in this paper will form groups and follow the community development process to interview community partners. They will then develop a resource for the community partner. On completion of this paper students will have developed knowledge and applied skills in processes and methods of community and organisational work, professional frameworks and the roles of the social change worker.
About this paper
| Paper title | Communities and Organisations - Advanced Practice |
|---|---|
| Subject | Social Work |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 1
(Distance learning)
Semester 1 (On campus) |
| Delivery mode | The Distance Learning offering of this paper is a combination of remote and in-person teaching |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,911.72 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- SOWK 553
- Restriction
- SOWK 403
- Limited to
- MSCW (Applied), PGDipSW
- Contact
- More information link
View more information on the Social and Community Work programme website
- Teaching staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Kerri Cleaver
- Paper Structure
Key areas covered:
- Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Community development
- Social Justice
- Change from below
- Pushing for change
- Telling a good story
- Teaching Arrangements
The Distance Learning offering of this paper is a combination of remote and in-person teaching.
There are two compulsory workshops for this paper. Information about these are provided in the course books. Other teaching arrangements are by lecture and Blackboard participation.
- Textbooks
Ife, J. (2002). Community Development: Community-Based Alternatives in an Age of Globalisation. Longman.
- Course outline
- This is provided with the course books.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary perspective, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
In this paper students will:
- Develop professional frameworks for organisational and community change and development practice
- Apply community development processes to organisational and community work settings
- Describe and analyse organisation and community situations and develop appropriate responses to meet goals
- Integrate a range of social work facilitative and conflict skills and methods for effective practice in meso and macro settings