Description of the Course Material
This course manual aims to provide students the opportunity to identify potential stakeholders (individuals, social groups, scientists, community planners, emergency managers, decision makers etc.) and examine the role communication and interactions between these groups is important to make recommendations for the development of communities.
The main page for this manual provides the user with useful guidance including Context for Use, Description and Teaching Materials, Teaching Notes and Tips, and Assessment protocol. Active links to resources such as a PowerPoint presentation, word document presentations, student instructions and a post-module quiz are available for download here.
While this teaching resource has a focus on the community development subarea, it could also be used as a valuable general resource to teach students the concept of mapping a basic system. In other words, it may be used as an introductory teaching resource for a systems thinking approach.