SOWK13010 - Integrating Theory and Practice 1

General Information

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

Term 1 - 2025 Profile
Mixed Mode

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).

Assessment Overview

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

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Online resource/s 0%
2. Written Assessment 20%
3. Written Assessment 30%
4. Written Assessment 50%

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%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 81.82% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 28.95% response rate.

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 and unit coordinator reflections.
Feedback
Students continue to enjoy all aspects of the unit. The unit will continue to support the development of critical reflection skills for essential learning from practice.
Recommendation
Expand interactive learning activities to engage students in critical reflection skill development for practice.
Action Taken
Additional interactive learning activities were incorporated into the study modules.
Source: Residential school evaluations and unit coordinator reflections.
Feedback
While students enjoy the small group learning activities, not all students are familiar with the Community Focused Learning (CFL) and Critical Reflection frameworks prior to attending the residential school.
Recommendation
Encourage students to engage in residential school preparation tasks and provide a more detailed overview of the CFL and Critical Reflection framework process at the residential school.
Action Taken
Students were encouraged to complete residential school preparation tasks. A step-by-step critical reflection process was delivered at the residential school.
Source: Unit Coordinator
Feedback
To accommodate for differences in field placement learning experiences, case studies, rather than experiences from field placement, will be used to facilitate the integration of theory and practice.
Recommendation
Case studies, rather than a field placement experience, will be used in the final assessment.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Unit Coordinator
Feedback
Student evaluation continues to indicate students enjoy all aspects of this unit and the residential school.
Recommendation
While study modules and the content will be updated, a similar residential program and teaching and learning approach will be taken.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Critically reflects to enhance awareness of the influence of personal and professional values, beliefs, culture, and assumptions on social work practice and the use of self within the field placement or human service practice context
  2. Critically examines and evaluates the implications of dominant discourses, social and historical contexts and power relations on service user groups and social work practice
  3. Critiques your application of cross-cultural competencies including working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
  4. Critically reflects on your developing social work identity and professional practice framework
  5. Critically evaluates theories and theoretical approaches and their application to different practice contexts in the field placement or human service setting.

Australian Association of Social Workers Education and Accreditation Standards

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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2 - Written Assessment • • • • •
3 - Written Assessment • • • •
4 - Written Assessment • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Communication • • • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • •
5 - Team Work • • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • • • •
8 - Ethical practice • • • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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4 - Written Assessment • • • • •