5. ASSIGNMENT 2 PROJECT REPORT GUIDANCE
Students are asked to design an ‘ intervention’ in response to an identified need- i.e the needs represented by
the character that was the subject of the MI interviewing exercises in Term 1. These needs will be placed in the
context of the community of Lincoln Way and Kingswood in Corby. The assignment will be written up in the form
of a report.
An intervention can include a service, project, built environment developments, temporary activities like
carnivals and demonstrations or a new welfare organisation. It is expected that the intervention will have a
‘significant’ impact on the wider Kingswood community, as well as on the ‘interviewee from Assignment 1. You
will be expected to draw upon your reflective work in the Portfolio of Engagement and relate your insights in this
to the process of investigating this assignment- particularly in section 6 of the proposed structure below.
ASSIGNMENT CRITERIA
Develop intervention as a group- report on detailed process individually
The groups will be required to investigate a social development situation (i.e. Corby and sustainable
communities) and devise a portfolio of interventions- this is likely to be more than one, or a web of interrelated
interventions. Each group member will then write a detailed report of the processes of investigation, describing
their proposed intervention, providing full justification for its implementation
The themes underlying the evaluation (and marking) will include:
Engagement with the social issues within the case-study
Connecting the MI Interviewing ‘interviewee’ to a specific location i.e. Kingswood, Corby, and
consideration of coping mechanisms of the interviewee in the community context of Kingswood.
Investigatory techniques used to establish community profiling data
Use of rich pictures in exploring the situation and consideration of the ‘wicked issues’
Research and creativity in developing a suite of potential interventions within the allocated portfolio
Reflection on the utilisation of self and group processes and concerns (from term 1) within the
community development activities
Evidence of reading beyond the material provided in class, and full referencing, using the Harvard referencing
system is a basic requirement of all the assignments. Remember that referencing is a discipline in recognising
where your ideas and information comes from to prevent the theft of ideas- not just a dreary bureaucratic
exercise.
CONTENTS AND STRUCTURE GUIDE
Your 5000 word (+/- 10%) report will be expected to contain:
6. An introduction setting out what you think the objectives of the exercise are, a summary of what your
report contains, and an indication of your conclusions (250 words)
7. A fully referenced literature review, using the literature provided on all of the areas of the NILE site, and
your own independent reading, demonstrating an understanding of how the issues raised in the module
are related to the module, covering (1000words):
a. Current literature on critical community development
b. Challenges for social change in communities, drawing on your understanding of MI and social
construction of identity
8. Community investigation (2000words) including:
a. a thorough review of the existing secondary data that is relevant to the communities living in
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b. A presentation of the primary data (fully referenced) you collected on your visit to Corby,
including a description of your data collection methods
c. Relating the urban design of Corby to the history of other urban designs and the models of
social change
d. Extensive use of rich pictures to conceptualise the information gathered and to communicate
your appreciation of the complex social issues in this locality
e. Evidence of you working with other people in class over the development of your rich pictures,
and commentary on how they differ and why.
f. A report on your understanding of the social challenges and coping mechanisms of your client
(from Assignment 1) and how they relate to the issues and challenges faced by the interviewees
from the other groups-including evidence of talking to at least four other ??�interviewees’ in
character.
9. A scoping of possible interventions, (1000words) including
a. Evidence of having done independent internet research into examples of community
regeneration and development
b. Review of two or more possible interventions and a commentary on how you think they will
contribute to
i. Your clients needs and coping mechanisms
ii. The needs and coping strategies of the clients of the other groups
iii. The wider community with whom you have not been in contact
c. A comparison between the proposed options including thoughts on the scale and
funding/income implications
10. Conclusions, (500words) including a summary of everything that has been written, and final persuasive
arguments on why your intervention is best suited to the specific situation.
11. Reflective commentary, (250words) including notes on how you went about your research, what
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