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TUNBOSUN AGUNBIADE
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EVRE5017
Evaluation and Reflection
Spring 2018
Coursework Brief
Handout: [Time (am/pm), Date Month Year]
Deadline for Submission: 2.00pm, Wednesday 25thApril, 2018.
Submit this coursework through the Student Portal with a Turn-it-in Report
Word Limit:
• Learning Journal: 3000 words (Plus or minus 10%)
• Career and Personal Development Plan: 1000 words
(Plus or minus 10%)
Learning outcomes assessed:
1. Demonstrate the ability to relate to academic theory to the work environment
and recognise the contribution of practice to the development of theory.
2. Confidently apply work related skills in a professional context.
3. Demonstrate a critical approach to evaluation techniques and reflective
practice.
4. Produce a career and personal development plan to support their level 6
studies and entry to graduate employment.
This coursework is worth 100 % of the total marks for this module.
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Coursework Instructions
Please read carefully
• Carefully read the module handbook, the marking criteria and the grade
descriptors.
Academic Misconduct
You are responsible for ensuring you understand the policy and regulations
about academic misconduct. You must:
• Complete this work alone except where required or allowed by this
assignment
iefing paper and ensure it has not been written or composed
y or with the assistance of any other person.
• Make sure all sentences or passages quoted from other people’s work in
this assignment (with or without trivial changes) are in quotation marks, and
are specifically acknowledged by reference to the author, work and page.
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Assignment Questions:
The assessment for this module is a portfolio which includes a collection of
activities, exercises and entries that you complete in Evaluation and Reflection
module. This assignment reflects on the work conducted in Project Design and
Implementation (Module code PPDI5039).
Overview of the portfolio
Portfolio: ‘The term portfolio is used as a catch-all that covers a wide range of
methods for collating learning material and assessed work’ (McMillan and
Weyers, 2008, p.38). For this portfolio you are expected to provide three
entries and an appendix. Each entry is explained in the next section in this
assessment
ief.
• Entry 1a – Reflective report – 1,500 words – Addressing Learning Outcome 1
(LO1) and Learning Outcome 2 (LO2)
• Entry 1b – Reflection on one week – 1,500 words – Addressing Learning
Outcome 1 (LO1) and Learning Outcome 3 (LO3)
• Entry 2 - Career and personal development plan – 1,000 words – Addressing
Learning Outcome 4 (LO4)
• Appendix A – Learning journal: evidence of 10 entries (1 per week)
• Appendix B - (Additional evidence only if required)
Tasks and entries
The materials and reflections of your experience will be collated from various
activities within two specific tasks. These tasks are 1) - maintaining a Learning
Journal and 2) designing a Career and Personal Development Plan. The
tasks will feed the completion of each of the main entries for the portfolio and
they are explained as following:
Task 1 – Learning Journal (70% of the Portfolio)
‘A learning journal is essentially a vehicle for reflection’ (Moon, 2006, p.1). Each
week you will be expected to complete your learning journal (to capture memory
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of experience) which is a collection of activities conducted during the workshops
week by week.
The learning journal must be submitted as an appendix, including each entry (a
minimum of 6 entries is required, bearing in mind that incomplete evidence
could impact your final grade). The table below provides a summary of the
learning journey and more specific guidelines are also presented in the Scheme
of Work (SoW) and at GSM Learn.
Weekly tasks for the learning journal:
Week 1 Jotting down initial reflections
Week 2 Screen shot of your response in the class forum
Week 3 Key reflective words
Week 4 Reflective writing: completed self-assessment form
Week 5 Three recommendations to improve your learning experience
Week 6 Reflection on a critical incident using REFLECT
Week 7 Reflection on leadership and conflict resolution using REFLECT
Week 8 Completed peer-formative feedback sheet
Week 9 One page plan of Entry 1a and/or Entry 1
Week 10 A draft of your professional value statement
The learning journal is 'evidence' of your learning and reflections and
you have to use it to inform your final assignment. Therefore, it is
equired to cross-reference the relevant entries in the main body of you
submission.
Ensure that each week is saved with the relevant title and the date.
Compile them as Appendix A
Entry 1a - Reflective report – 1,500 words – Addressing LO1 and LO2
A reflective report of 1,500 words should be submitted as evidence of reflection
upon your professional context. The knowledge and experience gained in the
PPDI module should be used as a part of this reflection. In this section you
should address LO1 and LO2. The following questions could be used as a
guide for the reflective report:
• Why learning through reflection is important and what values could
ing
to your professional development?
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• Which reflective model have you chosen and why?
• Applying the relevant reflective model, what were the three main things
you learnt from the PPDI?
• Does this differ from your previous knowledge of these areas?
• Do you see any value in the knowledge gained when applying a
particular reflective model and why?
• Will this new knowledge change your practice?
During sessions you will be familiar with different reflective models around
learning, learning through reflection and reflective practice. You must apply at
least one of these reflective models to inform your reflections.
Ensure that this entry is well-structured providing:
• an introduction and conclusion.
• In-text citations should be accurate and presented according to the
Harvard Referencing convention.
• Cross-references to your learning journal
• If required, you can add additional evidence from the PPDI module.
Make sure that is clearly labelled, dated and compiled as Appendix B.
Entry 1b – Reflection on one week – 1,500 words – Addressing LO1 and
LO3
Based on ONE-WEEK event, apply and critically evaluate one (or more)
eflective models. The knowledge and experience gained in the PPDI module
should be used as a part of this reflection. A reflection of 1,500 words should
e submitted addressing LO1 and LO3. The following questions could be used
as a guide for your reflection on one-week:
• What technique/model did you used?
• Why did it happen and what was your initial reaction to the event?
(indicating the relevant week)
o Have you ever had these feelings before?
o What is your understanding of the outcome of this experience o
your feelings about it?
o Are these feelings valid and why?
o How would you approach this situation if it arose again?
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• Would these reflections change if using a different model/technique?
• How useful/effective learning through reflection has been and why?
During sessions you will be familiar with different reflective models around
learning, learning through reflection and reflective practice. You must apply at
least one of these reflective models to inform your reflections.
Ensure that this entry is well-structured providing:
• an introduction and conclusion.
• In-text citations should be accurate and presented according to the
Harvard Referencing convention.
• Cross-references to your learning journal
• If required, you can add additional evidence from the PPDI module.
Make sure that is clearly labelled, dated and compiled as Appendix B.
Task 2 - Career and Personal Development Plan (30% of the portfolio)
"Personal development Planning (PDP) is a structured and supported process
undertaken by an individual to reflect upon their own learning, performance,
and/or achievement and to plan for their personal, educational and caree
development" (QAA, 2001).
In this career and personal development plan, you will appraise your strengths
and weaknesses, reflect upon how you can further develop your strengths and
professional skills. You will also set SMART goals that you should visit and
evise on a regular basis for the rest of your student life at GSM and beyond.
Task 2 is divided in four small entries which are described below. This section
should be a total of 1,000 words (excluding template) in which you must
address LO4. Ensure that cross-references to your learning journal and entries
1a and 1b are provided.
Entry 2a – Personal Analysis
Applying the SOAR (Self, Opportunity, Aspirations, Results) to the creation of
your career and personal development plan will provide the theoretical base to
focused planning. The essentials of the SOAR model are:
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S = Strengths – your greatest assets
O = Opportunity – what are the opportunities that will enable you to use
your strengths
A = Aspiration – what are your short / medium / long term aspirations.
What is your prefe
ed future?
R = Results – how will you measure what you have achieved?
Please complete the table below
SELF/STRENGTHS OPPORTUNITIES
ASPIRATIONS RESULTS
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Entry 2b – Professional value statement (no more than 150 words)
Entry 2c - Setting SMART Goals
What do I want
to learn?
What do I
have to do?
What support
and resources
will I need?
How will I
measure my
success?
Target date fo
eview of
esults.
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