Module Details

Module Code: COMD H2019
Full Title: Community Development and Active Citizenship
Valid From:: Semester 1 - 2019/20 ( June 2019 )
Language of Instruction:English
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits:: 5
Module Owner:: Johdi Quinn
Departments: Unknown
Module Description: no description provided
 
Module Learning Outcome
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Module Learning Outcome Description
MLO1 Appraise models and principles of Community Development.
MLO2 Discuss the roots and applications of Active Citizenship.
MLO3 Explain the relationship between class, power and inequality within a framework of Community Development and Active Citizenship.
MLO4 Evaluate community as a process of social inclusion and, by extension, social exclusion.
MLO5 Consider the implications of diversity on Community Development practices.
Pre-requisite learning
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named DkIT module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
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Module Indicative Content
The context of Community Development.
The relationship between Community Development, Community Activism, Active Citizenship and Neoliberalism.
Principles of Community Development.
• From charity to critical Community Development • Paulo Freire, Agusto Boal, Antonio Gramsci, Margaret Ledwith.
Models of Community Development.
• Asset Based Community Development (ABCD), • Deficiency Based Community Development, • Bottom-up Vs Top-Down
Active Citizenship.
• Classical roots of AC • Associational life • Active and Reflective Civic Engagement
Symbolic Boundaries and Community.
• Belonging and Identity in Community • Imagining of an ‘us’ and a ‘them’ , understanding ‘otherness’ and ‘othering’ • Who ‘fits in’ in a community, who doesn’t ‘fit in’? • National and ethnic groups as social constructs - ‘Imagined communities’ • Symbolic and invisible boundaries and community • Diversity
The Dark Side of Community.
• What it means to be 'part of' and not 'part of' - social inclusion and social exclusion
Inequality and social injustice.
• Social class as a definition • social class as a way of defining who has power and who does not • social class and gender as social categories • Hegemony and consent • Power and decision-making • Theatre of the Oppressed as a teaching and learning tool
Linking Theory with Practice.
• Models of Reflective Practice (Gibbs, Kolb, Rolfe)
Module Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Course Work100.00%
Module Special Regulation
 

Assessments

Full-time

Course Work
Assessment Type Essay % of Total Mark 60
Marks Out Of 100 Pass Mark 40
Timing End of Year Learning Outcome 1,2
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Students will present an analysis of an empirical example of Community Development and the relevance to this of theories of Community Development and Active Citizenship; approx. 2000 words
Assessment Type Other % of Total Mark 40
Marks Out Of 100 Pass Mark 40
Timing n/a Learning Outcome 3,4,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Series of Online Discussion Forums based on content delivered and set readings. Themes will include: Symbolic Boundaries and Community, The dark side of community, inequality and social justice, linking theory with practice.
No Project
No Practical
No Final Examination

Part-time

Course Work
Assessment Type Essay % of Total Mark 60
Marks Out Of 100 Pass Mark 40
Timing End of Year Learning Outcome 1,2
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Students will present an analysis of an empirical example of Community Development and the relevance to this of theories of Community Development and Active Citizenship; approx. 2000 words
Assessment Type Other % of Total Mark 40
Marks Out Of 100 Pass Mark 40
Timing n/a Learning Outcome 3,4,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Series of Online Discussion Forums based on content delivered and set readings. Themes will include: Symbolic Boundaries and Community, The dark side of community, inequality and social justice, linking theory with practice.
No Project
No Practical
No Final Examination
Reassessment Requirement
A repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.

DKIT reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full-time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Tutorial Contact No Description Every Week 1.00 1
Directed Reading Non Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Independent Study Non Contact No Description Every Week 4.00 4
Total Weekly Learner Workload 9.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
Workload: Part-time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Directed Reading Non Contact No Description Every Week 4.00 4
Independent Study Non Contact No Description Every Week 3.00 3
Total Weekly Learner Workload 9.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 2.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Jackson, A and O'Doherty C (eds). (2012), Community Development in Ireland: Theory, Policy and Practice, 1st. Gill and MacMillan, Dublin, p.256, [ISBN: 9780717149742].
  • Ledwith, Margaret. (2011), Community Development: A Critical Approach, 1st. Policy Press, Bristol, p.224, [ISBN: 9781847426468].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Honohan, Iseult. (2002), Civic Republicanism, 1st. Routledge, London, p.224, [ISBN: 978-0415212113].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources