My aim is to facilitate community development amongst a group of postgraduate and mature age students.
The participatory paradigm was used to plan the group. This paradigm involves the belief that knowledge is collaboratively created. It is pluralist, acknowledging that we all have valid perspectives. Methods include action research and dialogue (Ife, 2002; Chambers, 2002). The group will be governed by the people.
Connection and inclusion are main goals of the group.
I will work alongside members to create the goals and agenda for the group. This group could evolve into multiple groups whose members unite over similarities, be they interests, availability, or location. The UQ Post Group will be flexible and creative with no fixed end point. The group aims to have many one-off events, as it can be quite difficult for some postgraduate and mature age students to commit to structured, weekly meetings.
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