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DEVELOP 701 : Development Praxis

Postgraduate course

Project description

The aim of this course is to provide students with analytical abilities and practical skills to understand various aspects of development work. The focus is on creating a critical awareness of the tools and techniques used by development practitioners and to apply these tools in the context of a group project writing a tender application. By the end of this semester, students should know: the relationship between development theory and practice the key ideological arguments used in justifying different development practices how to locate these arguments in a critical discussion of particular development tools and projects By the end of this semester, students should be able to: find and critically evaluate a range of tools for practising development apply some of these tools in a practical development context of writing a project tender present orally and in writing a project proposal appropriate for a graduate audience work effectively in a small group

Year 2022

Location New Zealand

Organization University of Auckland

Project aims

Project outcome

By the end of this course, students will be able to: Find and critically evaluate a range of tools for practising development (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3) Apply some these tools in a practical development context of writing a project tender (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3) Write and present a project proposal appropriate for a graduate audience (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3) Work effectively in a small group (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)