Reflection (1500 words) Evaluating a piece of community work (50%) [ Learning Outcomes 2, 3 and 4]

Essay (1500 words): Exploring community and culture (50%) [Learning outcomes 1 and 3]

This module will enable students to appreciate the importance of knowing the community in which they work to understand those living within it and with whom they seek to support. They will establish strategies to help them engage with the locality, to explore how cultures shape communities and to identify culturally appropriate ways to work within it. The module will examine different types of communities and elements of working cross-culturally including policies affecting professional practice and to develop community cohesion. Throughout the module it will examine the impact of these on children and families to deepen student understanding of their role and to encourage theological reflection on the wider cultural influences and pressures upon a family unit and how this ultimately shapes the personal identity of a child.

This module incorporates several inter-related learning strategies. The interactive learning groups will provide lectures and seminars involving a combination of group activities, student led work, simulations, skills practice, discussion etc. The independent study provides opportunity for reading, library based and online research. The remote learning in the professional practice work place will help develop professional skills.

Bunge M J Ed. (2001) The Child in Christian Thought, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans
Copsey K (2005) From the Ground Up, Oxford, BRF
White K (2008) The Growth of Love, Oxford, Barnabas

Interactive whiteboard and data projectors
On-site library and internet access to Staffordshire University Library
Access to internet connected PCs
Appropriately equipped and accessible lecture rooms
Practice based: appropriately equipped office/study space, admin support, meeting rooms, art/craft resources, volunteer team