Anthropology and Development

Anthropology and Development

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Ref No: 3488

Modula Aims

To introduce students to issues that affect personal performance and the complexities and challenges of work through self-reflection and evaluation.

 

Module Focus

This module has been designed to enable students to develop personal and career management strategies and apply these to develop and review life and career plans in an environment of constantly changing contextual factors to replicate the experience of work placement,.

The summative assessment has two components. The first a written proposal document and the second component will be a presentation.

Learning and Teaching Strategy

The content will be delivered through a variety of mechanisms including lectures and tutorials. Formative assessment will be provided in tutorial and seminar sessions.

The growing influence of IT and various software packages on offer such as Moodle, will further enhance the teaching and learning experience. The Skype facility will also improve communication between lecturers and students with a view to reinforcing learning and facilitating discussion and debate. Moodle will also be used to assess students’ work and provide feedback fairly swiftly and professionally.

Assessment

Type of Assignment:   

Written proposal document      (75%)    LO 1-9, 11 &12

Presentation                             (25%) LO10

Distribution Date:  January 2016                                               Submission Date:  04^th April 2017

To be submitted to:   Electronic submissions via Moodle

Assessment Description

Tasks

 

1. Create a WordPress Site and upload the following tasks. Alongside these uploads you must have a regular blog of life changes and choices of personal and professional situations. Personal motivations and achieving these goals.

• Produce a CV with an associated personal statement listing your experience and skills.
• Describe how you (could) meet targets that are set and what methods are/could be used in monitoring effectiveness, i.e. appraisals, motivation and performance etc.
• Investigate your time management strategies and identify where possible improvements can be made to your personal time management.
• Demonstrate how you can use appropriate communication methods using a variety of styles for specific purposes. Identify the importance of communication skills in an organizational setting.
• Referring either to a case study or real life situation within your job, explain the importance of teamwork and the roles people play within a team. In this task you will need to analyse team dynamics and suggest possible alternatives to completing tasks set and achieving team goals.
• Identify a potential work based problem and then develop solutions to resolve this. Evaluate the possible tools and methods for developing solutions to the problem(s) and develop an appropriate strategy for resolving the problem. What will the result be in terms of the organisation – analyse.

1. In group allocations you must create a video that is linked to your personal goals or linked to jobs for those that have part time jobs or have had previous careers. You must use this video in your presentation in which each individual must discuss how the video is linked to them.
2. Using the reflective models covered in lecturers you must complete five reflections on the following tasks.

• Reflection on the completion of task 1
• Reflection on the Group Video
• Reflection on the Group Presentation
• Final reflection of the impact this module has had on your personal development

Please use Arial font size 12.

Module Assessment Advice/Criteria:  Please read the marking criteria included below.

These generic marking criteria will help you to distinguish between the different levels of performance that are required for the different grades applied to assessments. You should use them to guide your work when you are not provided with more specific criteria.

In particular, you should notice that the higher grades place more emphasis on skills such as independent reading and the correct use of these sources, critical analysis, concise writing and well-presented arguments. On the other hand, the lower grades are obtained when the work is incoherent and descriptive.

Band	Level 5 (Diploma)
90%- 100%	Exceptional work with presentation of the highest standard.  The work contains coherent arguments and ideas.  There is a detailed understanding of subject matter and critical analysis of issues/problems.  Points are made clearly and concisely, always substantiated by appropriate use of source material.  There is evidence of a sound ability to critically interrelate theories with examples from practice where appropriate.
80%-89%	Outstanding work with presentation of a very high standard.  There is comprehensive understanding of key concepts and knowledge and evidence of critical analysis and insight.  Accurate interpretation of data with arguments, ideas and solutions presented effectively and based on strong research and reading.
70%-79%	Extremely good work with presentation of a high standard.  Evidence of strong knowledge and understanding together with some critical analysis and insight.  Source material is used effectively to support arguments, ideas and solutions.
60%-69%	Very good presentation.  Sound knowledge and understanding with an emerging ability to critically engage with and apply the concepts involved linking them to practice where appropriate.  Good use of source material which supports most points clearly.  Content is wholly relevant and is coherently structured.
50%-59%	Presentation is of a good standard but some shortcomings.  Evidence of a sound knowledge base but limited critical and practical application of concepts and ideas.  Content is largely relevant although points may not always be clear and structure may lack coherence.  Contains some critical reflection and some use of source material to illustrate points.
40%-49%	Adequate presentation.  The work is descriptive and/or lacks critical analysis where required but is relevant with limited though sufficient evidence of knowledge and understanding.  There is some evidence of reading although arguments/ proposals/solutions often lack coherence and may be unsubstantiated by relevant source material or partially flawed.  Links to practice are made where appropriate.
30%-39% – Fail	Poorly structured, incoherent and wholly descriptive work.  Evidence of a weak knowledge base with some key aspects not addressed and use of irrelevant material.  Flawed use of techniques.  Limited evidence of appropriate reading and no evidence of critical thought.  Little reference to practice where appropriate.
20-29% – Fail	Very poorly structured, incoherent and wholly descriptive work.  Evidence of a very weak knowledge base with many key omissions and much material irrelevant.  Use of inappropriate or incorrect techniques.  Very little evidence of appropriate reading and no evidence of critical thought.  No links to practice where appropriate.  To obtain a mark of 20% the work must show evidence of a genuine attempt to engage with the assessment requirements and with the subject matter.
0-19 % – Fail	The work is extremely poorly structured and presented.  It demonstrates no real knowledge or understanding of key concepts and principles.  Much material is irrelevant, incorrect or omitted. No evidence of critical thought.  No effective use of supporting material.  No links to practice where appropriate.  Not a genuine attempt to engage with the assessment requirements and/or subject matter.

Process for return of assignments and for obtaining feedback:  You will normally be given feedback on your assignment within four weeks of the hand-in-date.  This will be given to you as written comments on your assignment in turnitin and can also be accessed via verbal feedback at tutorials…..