Courses :: Module, PERSPECTIVES ON POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT PARTICIPATORY PRINCIPLES AND APPROACHES

	Overview
	This first semester module is part of a special Elective Stream, jointly offered by the Departments of International Development and Anthropology, and is formally known as: Perspectives on Poverty and Development: Principles, Practices and Approaches. The second part of this Elective stream KD261 - Anthropological Perspectives on Poverty and Development, will be offered in the second semester. This module (KD260) is also offered as a stand-alone elective: Participatory Development Practice (KD208) to second year International Development students and similarly, KD261 may be taken as a separate elective (AN234) by second-year Anthropology students. The main goal is to introduce students to some of the key principles and approaches recommended for use within development practice as well as to anthropological perspectives on development. Students will be encouraged to explore theories and concepts underpinning current approaches and to develop a critically reflective attitude in examining them. It is proposed that the stream would be structured to allow students to complete the Participatory Development Practice module in Semester 1, and that this would establish a good foundation for them to undertake the module in Anthropological Perspectives in the second Semester. The aim of this module is to introduce students to some key ideas and approaches within a model of development practice which is sometimes called 'people-centered', 'participatory' or 'alternative'. These approaches provide a challenge to 'mainstream' or 'conventional' development interventions, and thereby encourage critical reflection on how development is, and should be, practiced. The main topic headings are: Examining Different Perspectives of Development; Exploring Key Concepts; Critiques of Participatory Development; Exploring Core Principles of people centered development; the Role of the development practitioner; contemporary development practice (case studies). Readings will be drawn from such sources as Peet and Hardwick, E. (2009) Theories of Development; Chambers (1997) Whose Reality Counts? Eade (1997) Capacity Building: A people-centered development Wills (2011) Theories and Practice of Development; Hickey and Mohan (eds) (2004) Participation: From Tyranny to Transformation?

Overview

This first semester module is part of a special Elective Stream, jointly offered by the Departments of International Development and Anthropology, and is formally known as: Perspectives on Poverty and Development: Principles, Practices and Approaches.

The second part of this Elective stream KD261 - Anthropological Perspectives on Poverty and Development, will be offered in the second semester.
This module (KD260) is also offered as a stand-alone elective: Participatory Development Practice (KD208) to second year International Development students and similarly, KD261 may be taken as a separate elective (AN234) by second-year Anthropology students.

The main goal is to introduce students to some of the key principles and approaches recommended for use within development practice as well as to anthropological perspectives on development. Students will be encouraged to explore theories and concepts underpinning current approaches and to develop a critically reflective attitude in examining them.
It is proposed that the stream would be structured to allow students to complete the Participatory Development Practice module in Semester 1, and that this would establish a good foundation for them to undertake the module in Anthropological Perspectives in the second Semester.

The aim of this module is to introduce students to some key ideas and approaches within a model of development practice which is sometimes called 'people-centered', 'participatory' or 'alternative'. These approaches provide a challenge to 'mainstream' or 'conventional' development interventions, and thereby encourage critical reflection on how development is, and should be, practiced.
The main topic headings are: Examining Different Perspectives of Development; Exploring Key Concepts; Critiques of Participatory Development; Exploring Core Principles of people centered development; the Role of the development practitioner; contemporary development practice (case studies).
Readings will be drawn from such sources as Peet and Hardwick, E. (2009) Theories of Development; Chambers (1997) Whose Reality Counts? Eade (1997) Capacity Building: A people-centered development Wills (2011) Theories and Practice of Development; Hickey and Mohan (eds) (2004) Participation: From Tyranny to Transformation?

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: A broad understanding of key concepts, approaches and theorists associated with Participatory Development practices. An ability to distinguish these concepts and approaches from others generally used in development literature. A critically reflective attitude to the discourse of participatory development � i.e. the terminology used � and an appreciation of how concepts such as 'participation', 'empowerment' etc., may be interpreted and used by different groups. A confidence to critique the various perspectives and approaches explored in the module, and to be able to clarify among such approaches what may be the more effective responses to the overarching problems of 'Poverty and Development.

Learning Outcomes

	Autumn Supplementals/Resits
	Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes Autumn repeat students may submit continuous assessment work by a date before the Autumn examination, which will be specified by the department. Students are responsible for familiarising themselves with this deadline. If students do not submit by the deadline, the existing continuous assessment mark will be carried forward to the Autumn. No continuous assessment work will be accepted after this date. This will apply except upon presentation of a medical certificate covering the relevant period or in other circumstances, which must be communicated to the department prior to or immediately after the relevant deadline. Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment registration permitted? No Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment capped? No

Autumn Supplementals/Resits

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