PA409-6-FY-CO:
Reflective Practice
2023/24
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 28 June 2024
15
21 August 2023
Requisites for this module
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BA C890 Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies,
BA C89A Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (Including Placement Year),
BA C89B Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA C89C Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (Including Foundation Year)
This module aims to provide students with the opportunity to develop their reflective awareness and the capacity to use psychodynamic understanding in relation to themselves and the groups they are in.
They will learn to apply their growing grasp of psychodynamic theory to their own experience and to develop their appreciation of the role of unconscious and emotional communication in ordinary life. This will enable them to become more subtle in their understanding of the meaning of what they themselves bring to the learning experience. It will enable them to reflect on their own process in groups and to become more self-aware.
Reflective practice is represented by the following components: attending Reflective Groups, maintaining a Reflective Journal and, as a specific end of year assignment, writing a Reflective Report. These activities encourage and support the conscious use of self (self-awareness) in social and professional relationships, the experience of 'learning from action' and a recognition of oneself as a 'participant observer' in different contexts.
The aims of the module are:
* To increase awareness of the role of emotional communication and the unconscious in one's own and other's experiences
* To develop employability skills through greater self-awareness
* To establish a reflective space for acknowledging and processing the emotional and psychological implications of the material studied on this course
* To develop the capacity for self-reflection and an awareness of the influence of one's own processes and personal experiences
Learning Outcomes:
* Greater ability to observe detail and to perceive subtle indications of emotional and unconscious dynamics in themselves and others
* Experiential familiarity with the role of conscious and unconscious mechanisms in relationships and the learning task
* The capacity to reflect on one's own process in groups and in the learning process
* To be increasingly reflexive and recognise the relationship between psychoanalytic theory and lived experience
No additional information available.
Students will attend periodic reflective groups, providing and experiential component to their academic studies, in which they will be asked to reflect on and discuss the experience of being in the group and on the course. They will keep a reflective log through the year and use this as the basis for a reflective report at the end of the course.
Alongside their final year dissertation, these groups support students in integrating all the varied aspects of their studies and experiences, to consider how they have changed and developed and where this now leaves them as they consider the transition from university into the next phase of their lives and employment.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Reflective journal extracts |
|
30% |
| Coursework |
Reflective report |
|
70% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Jordan Osserman, email: j.osserman@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Marita Vyrgioti, email: m.vyrgioti@essex.ac.uk.
From Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Student Administration Room 5A.202; telephone 01206 874969; ppsug@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Angie Voela
University of East London
Reader
Available via Moodle
Of 20 hours, 0 (0%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
20 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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