Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EFPM908: Critical Reflection on Professional Practice

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

The primary aim of this module is to help you to construct and critically reflect on a portfolio of evidence in relation to your own professional practice. As such, most of the activities associated with this module relate to guided independent study. Whilst the precise contents of the syllabus may vary from year to year, guidance material will be available on the Exeter Virtual Learning Environment and will most likely contain resources designed to introduce you to:

The key principles of reflective practice
The reflective cycle and how that might be demonstrated in practice
How to identify an element of professional practice and link this to your ongoing professional development, particularly in relation to the development of your subject knowledge.

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
5	294	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	5	5x 1hr online presentations which introduce and explore: a) The key principles of reflective practice and the reflective practice cycle b) How to construct a critical reflection on a portfolio
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	1	Tutor support (1 hour)
Guided Independent Study	7	Completion of reflective tasks included in the online presentations
Guided Independent Study	60	Reading of academic and professional literature
Guided Independent Study	110	Collating of portfolio
Guided Independent Study	120	Writing context for and critical reflection on portfolio

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Literature Review (what does it mean to be a reflective practitioner?)	1,500 words	1-2;5-6	Written feedback

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
100	0	0

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Critical reflection on portfolio of professional practice	100	6,000 words	1-7	Written feedback

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Critical reflection on portfolio of professional practice	Critical reflection on portfolio of professional practice (6000 words)	1-7	6 weeks