PYC4814 - Community Psychology: Ecologies Of Knowledge (PYC4814)
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Summary mcq answers , lessons and lenses for pyc4814 community psychology 2021
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PYC4814 - Community Psychology: Ecologies Of Knowledge (PYC4814)
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Lessons
Lesson 1 – Orientation and theoretical lenses
January to March
What this module is about
Welcome! In this module you will learn about knowledge ecologies in and around communities. You will do
this by helping to create knowledge that other people who are interested in communities and in Community
Psychology will be able to use.
The way in which you will learn in this module is probably quite different from most other formal studying you
have done so far. It is different in two important ways:
You will be expected to be a producer of academic knowledge, not merely a consumer of what other
people have produced. In our experience people learn in much greater depth when they actively work to
create materials for other people to make use of. You will be helping us to build an online library, in the
form of a series of pages focusing on particular communities, that can be consulted by others wishing to
learn more about those communities.
You will be expected to develop a meta perspective on knowledge about communities. Communities are
not like physical objects that exist independently of what is known about them. Instead, communities are
(at least in part) created and sustained by what people know and believe about them. So we will ask you
to focus not only on communities themselves, but on the process of how knowledge is made about them.
You will be asked to do four big tasks in the module:
1. Learn to make use of certain theoretical lenses on the social construction of community and community
psychology.
2. Choose a group of communities from a list we provide and then create your own page about a sub-
community within your chosen group.
3. Work with other students and lecturers to improve your own and others' work.
4. Create a portfolio in which you collect together and reflect on what you have learnt in the module.
Getting started
This is Lesson 1. Here we will cover the theoretical lenses that will help you to complete the rest of the
module.
Lesson 1 will also enable you to submit Assignment 01.
Explore some theoretical lenses
In this module, we encourage students to explore widely and to be creative so that the module will be differen
for each student. However, before allowing you free reign to explore and create, there are some fundamentals
that you should know.
Go to Theoretical Lenses. You will find the link on the main menu (it is on the left if you are working on a
computer screen). These are the lenses we want you to explore. You can do so in any order but be sure to
explore all of them. For each theoretical lens we have a basic introduction and some additional materials. You
should read the basic introduction and we encourage you also to explore the additional materials (and
anything else you can find on the topic).
Test your knowledge of theoretical lenses you
have read about
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We have devised a short self-assessment test for each of the lenses. You should test your own knowledge of
each of the lenses by doing the test for the lens. These self-assessments ensure that you have indeed
engaged with the lens.
To see the available self-assessments, click on "Online Assessment" (it is on the left if you are working on a
computer screen). If you get less than full marks for any of the assessments, please revisit the relevant key
readings/videos and then retake the test.
Submit Assignment 01
Once you have completed reading the theoretical lenses and done the online assessments you are ready to
submit Assignment 01. You will find a template for the assignment in the "Assignments" folder under
"Additional Resources". The due date is 20 May 2021.
The templates for all the assignments are in the ""Assignments" folder. After
adding the required information to a template you can submit it as is, in MS
Word format. Or, if you prefer, you can convert the document to pdf format
before submitting it.
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K KHEMRAZ 12-Oct-2021 (2 Months Ago)
Theoretical lenses has provided me with great insight, as I am now able to understand other
communities, and how their living environments has shaped their living style.
G MASIKE 12-Oct-2021 (2 Months Ago)
Theoretical lenses have provided me with a lot of knowledge and a change of perspective.
This module in its entirety is very interesting and informative. I have enjoyed reading and going
through most of the communities in this module and I must say I have thoroughly enjoyed
learning more about communities I had no idea existed.
N NKABANE 12-Oct-2021 (2 Months Ago)
I have really learned a lot from the theoretical lenses,i now see communities in a different light
and have a general understanding of why some things that go on in communities happen. And
what is the driving force behind some actions. The best experience is learning about my own
community, to me it was just a community but now it more than that. Learning about the
communities of other people , how they became and how they have developed has been very
rewarding to me.
J RAMPHOKE 13-Oct-2021 (2 Months Ago)
I have learnt a lot from theoretical lenses.it has has taught me to view communities in a
different way . Knowing when our community was built and the challenges that they are facing
it's overwhelming. Making a research about my community gave me a new knowledge that I
didn't have about my community. I'm glad I parcipated in this.module.
M MTHIYANE 13-Oct-2021 (2 Months Ago)
I have learnt so much through the lenses. They have taught me that one cannot conclude and
judge the community without being part of it.
Lesson 2 – Decide on a sub-community
March and April
Getting started
This is Lesson 2. In this lesson you will decide on a sub-community to focus on.
Explore 10 groups of communities
Go to "Communities" (it is on the left of the screen if you are working on a computer). You will see that we list
10 groups of communities. In this lesson you will decide on a sub-community within one of the 10 groups so
that you will be able to create a page of your own about that sub-community.
We are sure that you will find some of the groups of communities more interesting than others. However, we
suggest that you make a point of visiting and exploring each of the 10 groups in order to get a broad overview
of knowledge ecologies across a variety of different contexts. You will see that for each of the groups of
communities we have started to explore historical contexts, ideologies, discourses and controversies, and
knowledge practices relating to that group of communities. There are similarities in the knowledge ecologies
that shape all communities – for example, all South African communities are to some extent affected by the
legacy of colonialism and apartheid. However, there are also unique factors at play in each of the 10 groups o
communities. We hope you will enjoy exploring this rich tapestry of knowledge.
Choose a group of communities and come up
with a sub-community within that group
We would like you to specialise in one of the 10 groups of communities - which one is up to you. You will see
that we included all sorts of different communities, including geographical and interest-based communities.
Decide which one of the 10 appeals to you most.
When you go to the group of communities that you chose to focus on, look for the “Over to you” heading. You
will see some suggestions for sub-communities to focus on, but the possibilities are endless. You have to
come up with a sub-community that you will focus on in your personal page. Try to be creative – don’t just rely
on the suggestions for possible sub-communities that we provide. The possibilities for sub-communities to
focus on are limitless – it is up to you to come up with something interesting and meaningful to yourself. You
do not necessarily have to focus on a sub-community that you know a great deal about, but rather consider a
sub-community that you would like to learn more about in the process of creating your personal page.
What if another student has already taken the sub-community I want to focus on?
There are approximately 900 students in this module, so it is inevitable that in some cases more than one
student will focus on the same sub-community. This is fine. We suggest the following:
Try to change your sub-community slightly so that it is not identical to the other student’s sub-community.
For example, if another student already has a page about the Lesbian community in South Africa, you
could make your page about the community of Lesbian parents.
If you end up with exactly the same sub-community as another student, that is fine too. It can be
interesting to see what different perspectives and resources the two of you come up with. You are of
course also welcome to learn from and to share with the other student, but try not to simply copy their
work.
Whatever happens, remember that nobody ‘owns’ a community and nobody has ‘copyright’ on a
community. Lets hear many different voices!
What if I want to change the sub-community that I focus on?
That is fine. You can always edit and change your page - or even start a new one and ask us to delete the old
one!
Once you have decided on a sub-community, go to the next lesson to see how to create a page about that
sub-community.
Lesson 3 – Create a page about a sub-community
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Background
In Lesson 2 you decided on one of the ten groups of communities and came up with an idea for a sub-
community within that group that you will focus on. In this lesson you will create a page about your sub-
community. It doesn't have to be about the community where you live - it can be any sub-community that is
part of of the group that you chose.
Create your page
Go to "Communities" (it is on the left of the screen if you are working on a computer) and then go to the group
of communities that you chose (e.g. "Suburbs and gated communities" or any one of the other 10 groups of
communities). You will see that at the bottom of the page there is space for student pages. Look for and click
on the "Add Your Own Page" button. Once you have done this you will see something that looks a bit like this
at the top of the page:
Currently the title of your page is just your name, so the first thing you need to do is to give your page a
proper title. To do that, click on the little icon that looks like a star or a gear (it is to the right of the "TIPS"
button). You will then be able to change the title of your page to something more meaningful. For example, if
you want to focus on taxi drivers in Mamelodi, your title could be: The community of taxi drivers in Mamelodi,
Pretoria. Don't worry, you can always come back and change the title of your page if you change your mind o
notice an error later on.
Next, you can start adding content to your page by clicking on the "ADD CONTENT" button, which will take
you to the content editor. The content editor is much like a word processor, such as MS Word. Don't be afraid
to start typing and to try out the various buttons at the top. However - read what we say below about keeping
backups!
Keeping backups
Unfortunately, myUnisa isn't always as well-behaved as we would like it to be, so it does sometimes happen
that the system goes down just as you click on the "Save" button and everything is lost! As people we also
make mistakes, such as deleting something important and only realising what we have done when it is too
late. To protect yourself from these sorts of mishaps, always copy the contents of your page, paste it into you
word processor and save it as a backup document on your own computer. It is a good idea to make a habit of
doing this before you click on the "Save" button in myUnisa.
How to structure your page
You can structure your page in any way you like, but if you are unsure about what to do, we suggest the
following headings:
Background
Start with a short description of the community.
Becoming a community
Put something about the history of the community here. This could include your or other people's perspective
on the community as a post-colonial and post apartheid space.
Whose community is it anyway?
Who is usually considered to be included in (and who excluded from) the community and what are the
consequences of this? Is there some controversy about who counts as a 'real' member of this community?
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