This module enables you to reflect upon your work-based development throughout your course. The course VLE will be used extensively which will guide your reflections upon work based learning.

This module will cover the following topics:

• A proposal for your individual research project
• Reflections on your professional development and effectiveness of workplace practice.

No specialist resources required

Written research proposal: (2,500 words, 50%, assesses LOs 1 and 2)
Draw up a plan for small-scale independent research, including recognition of any potential ethical and or moral issues.

Written reflection: (2,500 words, 50%, assesses 50%, LOs 3 and 4)
Review and make appropriate revisions to professional development, carried over from previous studies, reflecting on personal changes and changes in professional practice.

1. Reflect upon the ethics and attendant moral issues implicit in the work of social researchers, and the need to meet obligations with respect to those involved, or affected by, investigations and reorganisations.
Knowledge and Understanding
Reflection

2. Evaluate a range of research methods and their uses for small scale research.
Analysis
Application

3. Reflect on and critically evaluate the impact of approaches used in the work setting, identifying constructive improvements to innovation in multi-professional and inter-professional practices for stakeholders. Identify practice where benefits and improvements are recognised using established techniques of analysis and enquiry.
Reflection
Application

4. Reflect critically upon personal, professional and academic development over the course of your degree study.
Reflection
Communication

5. Critically appraise the concept of professionalism, respecting confidentiality, showing commitment, taking responsibility and meeting the needs of stakeholders
Knowledge and Understanding

You will learn through developing your skills of critically informed in-depth personal reflection. You should also find out about your institution’s organisation and management processes. From consideration of your personal development needs as well as those of your institution, you will be able to identify an area of personal development for your individual research project.

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COHEN, L. MANION, L and MORRISON, K. (2017) Research Methods in Education (8th Edn.) London: Routledge.
DENSCOMBE, M. (2014) The Good Research Guide (5th Edn.). Buckinghamshire: OUP.
HAYES, C (2014) Developing as a Reflective Early Years Professional: A Thematic Approach. Northwich: Critical Publishing
HINDMARCH, D., HALL, F, MACHIN, L. and MURRAY, S. (2017) A Concise Guide to Education Studies. Northwich: Critical Publishing.
LINDON J., (2016) Reflective Practice and Early Years Professionalism Linking Theory to Practice (3rd Edn.). GB: Hodder.
MACNAUGHTON, G., ROLFE, S. and SIRAJ-BLATCHFORD, I., (2010) Doing Early Childhood Research (2nd Edn.). Buckingham: OUP.
REED, M. and CANNING, N., (2012) Reflective Practice in Early Years. GB: Sage.

This module enables you to reflect upon your work-based development throughout your course. The course VLE will be used extensively which will guide your reflections upon work based learning.

This module will cover the following topics:

• A proposal for your individual research project
• Reflections on your professional development and effectiveness of workplace practice.