MSWPG 7202 Essay II

MSWPG 7202 Essay II

Learning Task and Assessment:

Word limit: 2500 words (+/- 10%)

Rationale for the Task:

The task will address the following Learning Outcomes:

K1. Critically analyse the ways in which global and national social, cultural and political structures and institutions can create, maintain and enhance privilege and power, and can oppress, marginalise and alienate individuals, groups and communities. Check tips on how to do your Case Study Assignments. 

K2. Evaluate and appraise the intergenerational impact on Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) and First Nations People and communities of racism and oppression, and the legacy arising from colonisation, dispossession and the Stolen Generations’ experience.

Skills (List as S1, S2 etc.)

S1. Identify linkages between situation/problem and life conditions, with particular attention to issues of power, oppression and discrimination.

S2. Critique the potential discriminatory aspects of legislation, policy and practice in Australian institutions, and articulate how these aspects impact on children and families.

MSWPG 7202 Essay II

Application of knowledge and skills (List as A1, A2 etc.)

A1. Demonstrate a critical appreciation of research informed analysis of case studies/scenarios, and evidence-based practice.

A3. Apply initiative and judgments in planning, problem solving and decision-making.

Details of task:

Students will be provided with a detailed case study (in the Assessment Task 2 area of the Moodle shell) and:

Identify one aspect of each of the five levels of the child’s ecological system (microsystem, mesosytem, exosystem, macrosystem, chronosystem) which they think is having an impact on the child’s current situation.

Critically discuss the five chosen aspects (at each ecological systems level), through engagement with the case study, by:

Critically reflecting on how they think the sources that they have chosen directly relate to relevant aspects of the case study.

MSWPG 7202 Essay II

The case study has been specifically developed to provide multiple relevant aspects for each level of the ecological framework. Different students might choose different examples.

Rationale for Task:

This task addresses the following Learning Outcomes:

K1. Demonstrate an awareness of the ways in which global and national, social, cultural and political structures and institutions can create, maintain and enhance privilege and power, and can oppress, marginalise and alienate individuals, groups and communities.

K2. Demonstrate an understanding of the intergenerational impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of racism and oppression, and the legacy arising from colonisation, dispossession and the Stolen Generations’ experience.

S1. Identify linkages between situation/problem and life conditions, with particular attention to issues of oppression and discrimination.

S2. Critique the potential discriminatory aspects of legislation, policy and practice in Australian institutions, and articulate how these aspects impact on children and families

A1. Demonstrate a critical appreciation of research informed analysis of case studies/scenarios, and evidence-based practice.

A3. Apply initiative and judgments in planning, problem solving and decision-making