Assessment task 1 Title: Reading Diaries Details of task: Keep a record of your reading and engagement with the key readings for each week/topic. Each entry should contain a brief outline or dot point summary of the main points of the reading, your assessment of its usefulness for your work (Project Planning and Project Management), and should include any criticisms you have and any questions or issues that it raises in your mind. Please be brief and concise. Suggested length: approximately 200 - 300 words per reference. Our aim here is to read, understand and interpret the Key Readings, but also to critically engage with them. Avoid simply saying that you agree or disagree with the reading. Developing a critical perspective could involve: Comparing or contrasting the reading with other authoritative books or articles you have read on the same topic; Comparing or contrasting the reading with your personal experience of development as a professional, a volunteer, or a student; Looking for evidence to support or criticise arguments in the reading from actual case studies or examples of development in practice (ie from some further research); Being creative – can you imagine and outline alternative ways of thinking and doing things? How could you justify those? If you are aiming for a Pass in this component of the subject, then careful, concise summaries of the Readings are sufficient. High Distinctions will involve concise and accurate summaries of the key points, coupled with consistent effort at critically engaging with them. Example Reading Diaries are available on our moodle site. Word limit: Keep as brief and concise as you can. (300 words per reflection on each article) We are attaching some examples of reading diaries submitted by other students. Also attaching a marking rubric for this task.We have also attached all the key readings for Weeks 9,10,11 and 12. Each week has 2 key readings. Each diary entry will have a summary of each reading (4 to 5 dot points summarising the reading) and then a reflection on that reading (250 to 300 words each). Week 10 and Week 12 have only one reading each. WEEK 9: Participatory Planning & Strategy Analysis in PRA Key Readings Extract from Slocum, Rachel et al 1995 Power, Process and Participation, pp.172-180. Extract from Selener, David et al 1999 PRA and Planning Workbook, Quito: Equador: IIRR. WEEK 10: Gender Analysis & Women’s Participation Key Readings Eade, Deborah & Williams, Suzanne. (1995), Gender in Oxfam handbook of development and relief: volume 1, Oxfam, p. 169-224. WEEK 11: Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) Key Readings Irene Guijt, Mae Arevalo and Kiko Saladores 1998 “Tracking change together”, PLA Notes (1998), Issue 31, pp.28–36. Mikkelsen, Britha (2005) Methods for Development Work and Research, 2nd ed., SAGE, Chapter 7 Monitoring and Evaluation, pp. 263-324. WEEK 12 - Critical Perspectives on PPM in Practice Ben Ramalingam 2013 Aid on the edge of chaos : rethinking international cooperation in a complex world, OUP. Chapter 3: "Strategic mismanagement", pp. 42-73. Available as an ebook in our library.