What is the course about?
This course is designed to help community indicator researchers and those who are stepping into this position enhance their professional knowledge of the subject matter.
The course contains ten modules.
The first module is essentially an introduction to the course.
The second module discusses the theoretical foundations of community indicators research. Five theoretical concepts are described guiding the formulation of community indicator projects.
The third module provides an example of a community indicators project as an illustration of the entire process without delving too much into details.
The fourth and fifth modules describe the planning process: how to identify sponsors, secure funding, develop an organizational structure, select a quality-of-life model, select indicators, and so on.
The sixth and seventh modules focus on data collection and data analysis. Two types of data collection are described: secondary and primary data collection. The process of these two data collections is described in some detail.
Finally, the eighth, ninth, and tenth modules describe the last stage of the project, namely dissemination, promotion, and follow-up. Specifically, these modules describe how public and research reports are developed and distributed, and how they are promoted.
Course content
Chapter
1
Introduction
Chapter
2
Theoretical Foundations
Chapter
3
An Example
Chapter
4
Organizing
Chapter
5
Making Decisions about Indicators
Chapter
6
Data Collection
Chapter
7
Data Analysis
Chapter
8
Data Reporting
Chapter
9
Promotion
Chapter
10
Follow-Up
What will you learn?
Students taking this course will gain:
• a theoretical foundation to guide the development of community indicators projects
• knowledge of how to plan a community indicators project
• knowledge of how to collect and validate data and insight into how to best utilize primary and secondary data
• knowledge of how to prepare, promote, and disseminate community indicators reports
• knowledge of how to stimulate community action and measure the subsequent impact of the community indicators project.
What is the target audience?
- Community planners
- Researchers working in nonprofit organizations
- Consultants who want to specialize in community indicators research
- Researchers in local government agencies who wish to receive additional training in developing indicator systems related to a particular domain such as public health, the environment, etc.
- Academic researchers who are interested in developing research and/or teaching expertise in this area
What prior knowledge is required?
A college degree with a major in any of the social, behavioral, administrative, and policy sciences could help the student easily navigate through this course
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