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Working with Community Research Essay

Description/Focus: Research essay

Value: 40 %

Length: 1700 words

Task: Write an essay to compare and contrast the different methods and processes of identifying community issues and community intervention strategies, highlighting the implications on Indigenous community work practice. This essay should be community based on Australian context.

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Preparation: To prepare for this essay you should first complete the readings and activities in Modules 1 to 4. You may contact the lecturer to discuss issue/s of concern in your community on which the essay is going to be based.

Presentation: Your essay should be presented as a Word document, font size 12. References should be formatted in Harvard Referencing style.

Important Readings:

• Denscombe, M 2014, The good research guide, (5th ed.) Open University Press: Maidenhead. (eBook)
• Hardcastle, D, Powers, PR & Wenocour, S. 1997, Community practice: Theories and skills for social workers, Oxford University Press: New York pp. 176 – 182.
• Hawtin, M, Hughes, G & Percy-Smith, J 1999, Community Profiling: Auditing social needs, Open University Press: Buckingham pp. 69 – 119.
• Homan, MS 2004, Promoting community change: Making it happen in the real world, Brooks/Coles Publishing Company: California pp. 135 – 150.
• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1997, Bringing them home: Report of the national inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, Commonwealth of Australia: Canberra.
• Tropman, J, Erlich, J & Rothman, J 1995,  Tactics and techniques of community intervention, F.E. Publishers Inc.: Illinois – pp. 66 – 73.
• Twelvetrees, A 2008, Community Work, (4th Ed.) McMillan: Basingstoke pp. 98 – 138.
• Wadsworth, Y 1997, Do it yourself social research, (2nd Ed.) Allen and Unwin: Sydney pp. 35 – 60. [ebook]
• Yunupingu, G (Ed.) 1997, Our land is our life: Land rights – past, present and future, University of Queensland Press: St. Lucia.

Journal Articles

• Bessarab, D & Ng’andu, B 2010, “Yarning about yarning as a legitimate method in Indigenous research”, International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol 3, no.1, pp. 37-50.
• Castellan, CM 2010, “Quantitative and qualitative research“, International Journal of Education, vol 2, no. 2, pp. 1-14.
• Fredericks, B, Finlay, S & Fletcher, G 2011, “Engaging the practice of yarning in Action Research“, Action Learning and Action Research Journal, vol 17, no. 2, pp. 7-19.
• Geia, LK, Hayes, B & Usher, K 2013, “Yarning/Aboriginal storytelling: Towards an understanding of an Indigenous perspective and its implications for research practice“, Contemporary Nurse, vol 46, no.1, pp. 13-17.
• Jackson-Barrett, E, Price, A, Stomski, N & Walker, BF 2015, “Grounded in country: Perspectives on working within, alongside and for Aboriginal communities”, Issues in Educational Research, vol 25, no. 1, pp. 36-49.
• Munford, R, Sanders, J & Andrew, A 2003, “Community development: Action research in community settings” Social Work Education, vol 22, no.1, pp. 93–104.
• Roman, C 2016, “Indigenous people and qualitative research – making it work” Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 40, pp. 11-16.
• Sherwood, J & Kendall, S 2013, “Reframing spaces by building relationships: Community collaborative participatory action research with Aborignal mothers in prison“, Contemporary Nurse, vol 46, no 1, pp. 83-94.
• Snow, KC, Hays, DG, Caliwan, G, Ford Jr., DG, Mariotti, D, Mwendwa, JM & Scott, WE 2016, “Guiding principles for Indigenous research practices”, Action Research,  vol 14, no 4, pp. 357-375.
• Tsey, K, Patterson, D, Whiteside, M, Baird, L & Baird, B 2002, “Indigenous men taking their rightful place in society? A preliminary analysis of a participatory action research process with Yarrabah Men’s Health Group”, Australian Journal of Rural Health, 106, pp.278-284.
• Walker, M, Fredericks, B, Mills, K & Anderson, D 2014, ” ‘Yarning’ as a method for community-based health research with Indigenous women: The Indigenous women’s wellness research program” Health Care for women International,  35, pp.1216 – 1226