Prerequisites for Module
Satisfactory completion of all Stage 2 modules or equivalent.
Corequisite Modules
None.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
To provide students with opportunities that will assist their development as critically reflective thinkers with awareness of engagement strategies with adults and strategies for building significance into activities.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Evaluate strengths and limitations, set goals and devise strategies for the personal growth of themselves and the adults with whom they work.
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Reflect on themselves as members of communities with responsibility towards each other and the environment.
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Appraise ability as active participants in sustainable and collaborative projects.
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Analyse the significance of a range of activities involving intellectual, physical, creative and emotional experiences working with adults.
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Indicative Module Content
Relational models of practice. Interpersonal communication. Professional critical reflection. Holistic experiences. Accepting and developing challenges. Group Care. Safe care. Law and social policy. Evidence based practice. Inter-disciplinary practice. Values. Codes of practice.
Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Distance Learning | Lectures & Tutorials
| 10 | Supervision in Practice
| 30 |
Directed Study
| | ODL Materials
| 70 |
Private Study
| | Private Study
| 40 |
| Mode of Delivery
This module is based on directed and private study supplemented by lectures and tutorials and and is associated with a period of direct learning in practice. Introductory lectures are linked to course materials.
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Component 2 | 1,2,3,4
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All learning outcomes will be assessed by a presentation.
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | BUCHER, R, D., 2009. Diversity Consciousness: Opening Our Minds to People, Cultures and Opportunities. Cambridge: Pearson.
| | 2. | HARGREAVES, J. and PAGE, L., 2013. Reflective Practice (Key Themes in Health and Social Care). Cambridge: Polity Press.
| | 3. | REDMOND, B., 2006. Reflection in Action: Developing Reflective Practice in Health and Social Services. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing.
| | 4. | ROLFE, G., JASPER, M. AND FRESHWATER, D., 2010. Critical Reflection in Practice: Generating Knowledge for Care. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
| | 5. | SWARTZ, L., GIBSON, K., AND GELMAN, T., 2002. Reflective Practice: Psychodynamic Ideas in the Community. South Africa: HSRC Press.
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