Social Challenges Report

Degree of Study

Student ID

Date of Submission

Submission Checklist of Excellence (no word count)

Have you gathered all required materials for the submission of this document?
How does this work represent the very best of your ability?
What steps did you take to review your work before submitting?
What grade (Fail; Pass; Credit; Distinction; High Distinction) would you give your work and Why?
What do you think are your strengths and weaknesses?	Strengths:
What do you think are your strengths and weaknesses?	Weaknesses:

Collaborative Work Statement (no word count)

Refer to the section on Cooperative and Collaborative Learning in the assessment instructions. The guiding principle is to acknowledge all collaboration and cooperation (even those who are not students in this unit). Please also list when you might have helped somebody else. If there are no collaboration, please write NONE (We would expect this to be the exception rather than the norm).

Task	Collaborator(s)	How did you collaborate?
Part A: Annotated Bibliography
Part B: Data Collection and Analysis: Interviews
Part C: Data Collection and Analysis: Questionnaire
Part D: Dissemination of Information: The Museum of the Changing Climate
Writing and Presentation of final report (including editing assistance and formatting)
Other instances of collaboration and cooperation (human and non-human)
Has there been any involuntary collaboration?

Part A: Annotated Bibliography

This section must include 4 peer-reviewed academic journal articles. They should be sorted in alphabetical order. The word count only applies to the summary and evaluation section.

Word Count ONLY applies to the Summary and Evaluation

Full Citation
Library web-address of Database where article was located
Abstract of article
Summary and evaluation: (75 words)

Full Citation
Library Permalink of Database where article was located
Abstract of article
Summary and evaluation: (75 words)

Full Citation
Library Permalink of Database where article was located
Abstract of article
Summary and evaluation: (75 words)

Full Citation
Library Permalink of Database where article was located
Abstract of article
Summary and evaluation: (75 words)

Do NOT include a reference list here.

Add the four references to the bibliography at the end of this document.

Part B: Data Collection and Analysis: Interviews

B.1 Interview Recordings

Have you uploaded TWO interview recordings:

Interview one: YES – NO (delete word that doesn’t apply)

Interview two: YES – NO (delete word that doesn’t apply)

B.2 Thematic Analysis Framework Table (no word count applies in this section)

To earn full marks you must have reasonable detail within each box of this table: i.e. we must see how you have covered all themes within your interview(s), and havev analysed the full interview. If your interviewee did not respond to a particular topic, explain this in the table (at the relevant point). Non-answers can be as important as actual answers. The table will expand as you fill it in. Don’t be concerned if it goes across a number of pages (in the past students have usually had 2-10 pages for this table).

Interviewee Information	Interviewee 1	Interviewee 2
Who are they? (Do not include their full name or their relationship to you. We are interested in demographics relevant to their social identity, that might effect their responses to the interview questions
Postcode / Suburb where they live
Where did the interview take place (i.e. at their home, over the phone) and how long did it last?
Thematic analysis of Interview Recordings
Overall thoughts about the impact that climate change might have on Western Sydney
What changes in the Western Sydney/Australian/Global climate have they noticed? How have they noticed them?
Their perceptions of current (past and present) and potential (Future) impacts of climate change for western Sydney, Australia, or the world…
specific social impacts identified
specific cultural impacts identified
specific economic impacts identified
specific environmental impacts identified
The challenges that climate change might pose to western Sydney (personally and/or for governments)
The adaptations that they think are being made, or should be made
Necessary support for Western Sydney to meet the challenges of climate change
Their hope (and/or despair) for the future.

B.2 Statement of Key Findings (200 words)

Part C: Data Collection and Analysis: Questionnaire

Part C.1 involved the completion of the survey (1 mark)

ID numbers will be checked. Make sure you have submitted your completed questionnaire (or at least the final page) as required in the instructions.

Part C.2 Analysis of Quantitative Data

C. 2 Activity One Beliefs about Climate Change

Elements

Table C.2 Activity 1.1 (0.5 mark)

Table C.2 Activity 1.2 (0.5 mark)

Key findings (1 mark)

Table C.2 Activity 1.1: Personal Beliefs about whether the world’s climate is changing

	Number of Respondents	Percentage of respondents
Believe in Climate Change
Don’t Believe in Climate Change
Don’t Know whether the world’s climate is changing
TOTAL		100%

TABLE C.2 ACTIVITY 1.2: Students’ Beliefs about the Causes of Climate Change

Belief	Number of Respondents	Percentage of Respondents
Climate change is entirely caused by natural processes
Climate change is mainly caused by natural processes
Climate change is partly caused by natural processes and partly caused by human activity
Climate change is mainly caused by human activity
Climate change is entirely caused by human activity
I think there is no such thing as climate change
Don’t know
TOTAL		100%

Key Findings Activity One (3-4 sentences)

C.2 Activity TWO Familial Influence on Climate Change Beliefs

Elements

Table C.2 Activity 2.1 (0.5 mark)

Table C.2 Activity 2.2 (0.5 mark)

Key findings (1 mark)

Table C.2 Activity 2.1. Beliefs about Climate Change held by immediate/close family members of HUMN2066 Students

	Number of Respondents	Percentage of respondents
Family Members Believe in Climate Change
Some Family Members Believe in Climate Change and Some Family Members Do Not Believe In Climate Change
Family Members Do Not Believe in Climate Change
Don’t Know Whether Family Believe in Climate Change
TOTAL		100%

Table C.2 Activity 2.2 Bivariate comparison of the relationship between Close/Immediate Familial Beliefs about climate change and Students’ Personal Beliefs about Climate Change

Immediate/Close Family Beliefs About Climate Change	Personal Beliefs about Climate Change
Immediate/Close Family Beliefs About Climate Change	Believe in Climate Change		Don’t Believe in Climate Change		Don’t Know whether the world’s climate is changing		Row Total
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Family Members Do Not Believe in Climate Change
Some Family Members Believe in Climate Change and Some Family Members Do Not Believe In Climate Change
Family Members Believe in Climate Change
Don’t Know Whether Family Believe in Climate Change
Column Total							427	100.0%

Key Findings Activity Two (6 sentences)

C.2 Activity Three Connection to Nature and Its influence

Elements

Table C.2 Activity 3.1 (0.5 mark)

Table C.2 Activity 3.2 (0.5 mark)

Key findings (1 mark)

Table C.2 Activity 3.1 Descriptive Statistics for Connection to Nature Scores

Descriptive Statistics	Connection to Nature Score
Minimum value
Maximum Value
Range
Mean (Average)
Mode (most common score)
Median (middle value)
Standard Deviation

Table C.2 Activity 3.2: Students’ Beliefs in the Causes of Climate Change, including the average Connection to Nature for respondents within that group

Belief	Connection to Nature (Mean)	Number of Respondents	Percentage of Respondents
Climate change is entirely caused by natural processes
Climate change is mainly caused by natural processes
Climate change is partly caused by natural processes and partly caused by human activity
Climate change is mainly caused by human activity
Climate change is entirely caused by human activity
I think there is no such thing as climate change
Don’t know
TOTAL

Interpretative Statement (6-8 sentences)

C.2 Activity Four Climate-Related Hazard Experience and Its Impact on Future Outlook

Elements

Table C.2 Activity 4.1 (0.5 mark)

Table C.2 Activity 4.2 (0.5 mark)

Table C.2 Activity 4.3 (0.5 mark)

Key findings (1.5 mark)

Table C.2 Activity 4.1: Students experiences of Climate-Related Natural Hazards

Experiences of Natural Hazards	Number of respondents	Percentage of Respondents.
Very Severe Impact (Score of 5)
Severe Impact )score of 4)
Strong Impact (score of 3)
Moderate Impact (score of 2)
Low Impact (score of 1)
No Impact (score of 0)
TOTAL

Table C.2 Activity 4.2: Students’ Beliefs in the Causes of Climate Change and its relationship to their experience of hazards

Belief	Experience of Hazards Score (Mean)	Number of Respondents	Percentage of Respondents
Climate change is entirely caused by natural processes
Climate change is mainly caused by natural processes
Climate change is partly caused by natural processes and partly caused by human activity
Climate change is mainly caused by human activity
Climate change is entirely caused by human activity
I think there is no such thing as climate change
Don’t know
TOTAL

Table C.2 Activity 4.3: The impact of personal experiences of climate-related natural hazard upon Concern for Future Impacts of Climate Change for Western Sydney, Australia and the World.

	Outlook for Western Sydney		Outlook for Australia		Outlook for World
	Mean Experience of Hazard Score	Percentage of respondents	Mean Experience of Hazard Score	Percentage of respondents	Mean Experience of Hazard Score	Percentage of respondents
Very Serious
Somewhat Serious
Not So Serious
Not Serious at All
TOTAL

Key Findings (max 10 sentences)

Part D: the Museum of the Changing Climate

Part D.1 Create A Museum Exhibit (2 marks)

Have you chosen and uploaded an exhibit for the Museum of the Changing Climate?

Part D.2 Non-Academic explanation of Exhibit (3 marks – approx. 150 words)

Part D.3 Academic Justification of Exhibit (5 marks – 200 words max)

Bibliography:

Please list any resources that you have used to develop your understanding and the ideas discussed within this submission. You may or may not have cited these in the text.