BUILDING CULTURES OF RESPECT â SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION PROGRAM
Design a program to address the issue/problem identified in your chosen project brief. (Still in same topic as the literature review)
The topic for the literature review was âBUILDING CULTURES OF RESPECT â SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION PROGRAMâ
Your program design must include:
⢠A brief description of your proposed project (800 words)
⢠What the proposed project sets out to achieve
⢠How the proposed project or activity will achieve the desired outcome
⢠The groups that will be impacted by the program or activity
You must provide a program logic model that sets out the resources and activities that comprise the program and the changes that are expected to result from it.
Word Limit: 1750 words not including reference list and appendices
What does the project brief tell you?
- What is the problem or issue?
- Why is this a problem? (What causes the problem?)
- For whom (individual, household, group, community, society in
general) does this problem exist?
- Who has a stake in the problem? (Who cares whether it is resolved?)
What areas might you research to inform your program design?
⢠E.g. youth participation models, best practice in respectful
relationships education, community partnership models, digital
technologies and crime prevention
⢠Target population â barriers/facilitators to engagement
- What policy and legislative frameworks might you need to be aware of?
- What theoretical approaches are you aware of?
- What do you know about your organisation/sector? e.g. setting the scene
- What gaps are there in the research evidence?
Literature review: A critical summary and analysis of relevant literature
- More than just description â you have to critically analyse the existing
research evidence
- Donât just describe previous programs, evaluate their strengths & weaknesses
- The literature review should tell a story
- Identify themes/topics central to your research area
- Identify conflicting evidence
- Identify any gaps in the research literature
What did the researchers investigate?
- How was the research conducted?
- Who did they speak to?
- How many people did they speak to?
- What did they measure? e.g. program outcomes, attendance rates, behaviour change
- How did they measure it? e.g. validated scale, interviews, focus groups
- What were the findings & how do they differ from other studies?
- What were the limitations and weaknesses of the study?