Students will select a community-based project (from the industry interviews conducted and embedded
into the course learning material) to unpack their learning and thinking. There are five community-based
projects to choose from:
• The Mulberry Project
• Base Services
• Club House
• The Dreams of Bricks
• Synthesis
Background information
Community development is an initiative that seeks to ensure that any given community is able to enhance
human experience through exercising control that is independent of larger structural systems. It is a
bottom-up approach, that requires holistic consideration of all dimensions of human rights and needs.
Tesoriero’s (2010) integrated model of community development ensures holistic approaches required to
satisfy human experience are considered in community development responses, delivering an advanced
and comprehensive tool administrable in project evaluation.
In order to adequately address this topic, you will need to demonstrate knowledge of Tesoriero’s (2010)
integrated model of community development (introduced in week 2, chpt 9) and apply this to evaluate one
community-based project (discussed during the industry interviews conducted and embedded into the
course learning material). You will also critically examine a theoretical framework underpinning the project
of interest, and finally draw conclusions about strengths and limitations of its implementation. Students
are required to use relevant literature, frameworks and course material to support this work. Students will
need to be clear and concise in their approach to this assessment.
Complete the essay by addressing the following topics:
• Introduction
• Description of the community-based project (selected from industry interviews);
• Description of the aspects of Tesoriero’s (2010) integrated community development model
evident in the project;
• Identification and critique of the theoretical framework underpinning the project;
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of the project;
• Conclusion
