This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
Learning and Development in Professional Practice explore the principles and application of experiential learning within a workplace context. It will focus on the relevance of the individual within the workplace context and how professional practice and organisational effectiveness can be developed through individual developing strategies for continuous professional development and participation in learning opportunities within their workplace settings and professional context. The module will provide a strong grounding in the principles of continuous professional development. Topics to be covered are: Organisational learning, personal development within a professional context, experiential learning and reflective practice.
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Autumn
An oral presentation demonstrating competence in the acquisition of critical appraisal skills related to the progression of professional practice.(12-15 minutes duration)
A reflective analysis which reviews previous learning and shows professional experience and capability relevant to the student's own professional context.(3000 words).
• Bolton G (2014) Reflective Practice: Writing and Professional Development. 4th Edition. London: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Easterby-Smith, M. & Lyles, M. (2011) Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management. 2nd Edition. London: John Wiley & Sons.
• Senge, P, et al (2007) The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organisation, London, Random House
See the library reading list for this module (Medway)
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the ability to evaluate a range of applied techniques to critically analyse arguments, assumptions, concepts and data, and to propose, and apply where applicable, solutions to issues arising from the analysis.
2. Demonstrate the capacity for autonomous learning and working with others, in order to evaluate the need to undertake further training, develop new and/or existing skills, and acquire new competencies commensurate with assuming greater personal responsibility and/or responsibility within organisations.
3. Demonstrate written and oral communication skills through seminar participation and written submission.
4. Demonstrate the ability to appraise and present material, data and scientific literature through the use of the internet and other sources.
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