Unit Synopsis
This unit provides you with the opportunity to learn from your field placement or human service practice experiences through the critical reflection and evaluation of the integration of theory and practice that considers context and social work aims, values and ethics. You will engage in critical reflective and reflexive practice to evaluate the implications of theoretical understandings and approaches and the influence of the personal, organisational and socio-economic-political contexts for creative and socially just social work practice responses. You will be required to draw on feedback from your previous coursework and field placement/human service work experiences for the ongoing critical reflection of your developing professional practice framework and use of self in practice.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 3 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisite: SOWK12011 Social Group Work and Family Work. Co-requisite: SOWK13009 Fieldwork Education 1 Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School |
Compulsory Residential School View Unit Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2027
Term 1 - 2027 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
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This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Student evaluation
Students highly valued the unit's quality and structure, particularly the residential school, practice-focused assessments, engaging learning resources, and opportunities to learn collaboratively with peers. Students also highlighted the Unit Coordinator's passion for the profession, supportive approach, and constructive assessment feedback as key strengths of the learning experience.
Continue the current teaching and learning approach, including the residential school, authentic assessment design, and personalised feedback processes that support student engagement and professional development.
The teaching and learning approach was continued.
Source: Student evaluation
While students appreciated the overall design and organisation of the unit, some students, particularly those not undertaking placement or entering through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) pathways, reported challenges identifying relevant practice examples to draw upon in assessment tasks.
Consider incorporating case study options into assessment tasks to give students not currently on placement additional opportunities to demonstrate their application of learning, while recognising that students awarded RPL have already demonstrated prior practice experience equivalent to placement requirements.
Case studies were integrated into assessments.
Source: Student evaluation
Student feedback identified concerns about assessment workload, word-count requirements, and the relevance of certain learning activities for students with prior professional experience.
Review the assessment structure, workload, and word count requirements, and provide clearer guidance regarding unit expectations and the purpose of learning activities, particularly for students entering the unit with Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) or significant professional experience.
In Progress
Source: Student evaluation
The residential school remained a highly valued component of the unit, with strong student engagement and feedback highlighting its contribution to professional identity development, collaboration, and connection with peers and staff.
Continue to support and enhance the residential school, given its demonstrated value in fostering student engagement, professional identity development, and connections with peers and staff.
In Progress
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