Assessment One
Analytical Essay
4 x 250 word analytical reflections based on the weekly readings (250 words per reading).
Due 10th Sep 2021 @12pm
1000 words (excluding reference list).
RATIONALE:
This assessment is designed to facilitate your engagement with the required readings and assesses your ability to comprehend key principles as they apply to work with groups. The assessment also requires you to use your analytical and critical reflective skills in order to relate theory to practice and/or personal experience.
YOUR TASK:
- Each week, you will be given weekly readings relating to key concepts covered in this unit. You need to choose ANY FOUR REQUIRED readings from between week 1 and week 4 to write an analytical reflection.
- You must write ONE reflection for EACH OF THE FOUR weekly readings.
- Each of these should be XXXXXXXXXXwords long and can be written in 1st person.
- Submit all 4 of these reflections in one Word document by the due date.
- Please identify at the beginning of each reflection, which article you are analysing. Include these in a reference list
MARKING CRITERIA:
- Engagement with reading material
- Ability to critically evaluate key ideas in the reading as they relate to social work
- Incorporation of practice reflection/own views
- Use of APA 7th referencing
- Appropriate academic language, including correct written expression, spelling, grammar, and the use of respectful and inclusive language
WEEK1:
READING ONE: Toseland, R., & Rivas, 2017, An introduction to Group Work Practice, Pearson, England,(Chapter 1)
READING TWO: Grief, G., & Knight, C., (2016), Group work with Populations at Risk, Oxford University Press, pp. 3-35
Reflective Questions to help guide your written analytical assessment:
1) What did you find the most interesting or surprising about the reading?
2) What examples of "at risk" populations have you been exposed to (or have an interest in working with)?
3) How might you apply the knowledge from this reading to this population/group?
4) Does this reading raise any tensions for you? Why/Why not?
WEEK 2:
READING ONE: Toseland, R., & Rivas, 2017, An introduction to Group Work Practice, Pearson, England,(Chapter 2)
READING TWO: Toseland, R., & Rivas, 2017, An introduction to Group Work Practice, Pearson, England,(Chapter 3)
Reflective Questions to help guide your written analytical assessment:
1) Can you describe (in your own words) a key concept or theory presented in this reading?
2) How does this theory/concept relate to working a particular group (e.g. young people, refugees, persons with problems relating to drugs and/or alcohol, men's group etc).
3) How might you apply this concept to work that you have previously been exposed to/engaged with?
4) How might you apply the concepts in this reading to working with others in this unit?
WEEK 3:
READING ONE: Toseland, R., & Rivas, 2017, An introduction to Group Work Practice, Pearson, England,(Chapter 6)
READING TWO: Steinberg, D (2019).Teaching Group Work Content in Social Work Education, Council on Social Work Education (Unit 4, pp 57-88)
ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/cdu/detail.action?docID=6270505.
Reflective Questions to help guide your written analytical assessment:
1) Was there anything in this reading that made you question or reflect on your current practice and/or beliefs? Why/Why not?
2) How does the content in this reading apply to what you have observed and participated in this unit so far?
3) How might you apply the knowledge from this reading to your future social work practice?
WEEK 4:
READING ONE: Grief, G., & Knight, C., 2016, Group Work with Populations At Risk, Oxford University Press, pp. 37-46
READING TWO: Toseland, R., & Rivas, 2017, An introduction to Group Work Practice, Pearson, England, pp.83-112
READING THREE: Steinberg, D.M. 2019, Teaching Group Work Content in Social Work Education, Council on Social Work Education, pp XXXXXXXXXX
Reflective Questions to help guide your written analytical assessment:
1) Based on the reading, what do social workers need to be mindful of when working with diverse populations?
2) Based on the ideas/content in the reading, what steps can be taken when working with groups to help minimise power imbalances?
3) How does this reading relate to the facilitator, or social worker, who might be involved in running group work?
4) Does this reading raise any tensions for you? Why/Why not