Professional Practice. Students need to critically tackle the learning outcomes mentioned below
that analyze the concept of professional development and growth through the different topics
(Professional Development, Critical Thinking, Theoretical Frameworks and Concepts, Reflecting
on Learning, Professional Practice and Knowledge Sharing and the Case Studies) discussed in
the course and provide their experiences and personal practices.
Learning outcomes assessed in this assessment
Critically analyze key theoretical frameworks and concepts in relation to an identified
aspect of your own professional practice
Critically analyze and synthesize research findings and other evidence (case studies) to
inform the identified aspects of your practice
Reflect on and critically evaluate the impact of your learning on professional practice
and of sharing knowledge in an appropriate way
Structure of the Critical Report Essay
Introduction
and
rationale – Introduce what the assignment’s focus will be.
Give some background here on your first thoughts.
Provide the context and the rationale of the report.
Research aims- Explain the aims and objectives of the report and explain in detail
what you will be critically analyzing.
Methodology
Explain your search strategy – How did you go about this?
Books? Journals? Databases etc.? – Perhaps use a table here and
show, which databases (Emerald/Sage etc) you used and which
journals come from where.
Findings of the
literature
review – What does the literature tell you in relation to the different
topics you need to develop?
Did anything startling come out of the review that you were not
expecting?
Are your findings relevant to your personal professional practices
and methods? How so?
What is the relation between your professional tactics and the
topics explored and analyzed?
Do you critically evaluate the impact of your learning on your
professional practice?
Conclusions
and
Implications – Try to summarize your text and discuss the implications and
recommendations you have found.
This section should not include any new material.
Presentation
Cover Page, Table of Contents, Page numbering, Line spacing,
Appendices (if it is necessary), Font consistency, Separation of
paragraphs.
Harvard
referencing
Citations and reference list according to the Harvard referencing
style.
