Application to a Practice Setting (Adult Protection) (P02764)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : SPS-P-APS

This course invites students who have taken one of the prescribed MSc Options courses to apply their learning on the course specifically to a social work or social care context. There will be no new specialist course reading; instead, the focus will be on transferable learning and integration of learning. Students will only be able to take this course in relation to their chosen Options Course.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of Social and Political Science), (School of Social and Political Science, Schedule J)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

? Additional Class Information : Please note that as this course is a distance learning Pat-time MSc, teaching is arranged in blocks of seven hour days. There are also scheduled study days.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The aim of this course is to encourage students to critically reflect on what they have learned in their Options Course, and explore what is transferable to their own setting.

On completion of the course students should be able to:
• Understand what is meant by transfer of learning
• Understand what is involved in the integration of learning
• Demonstrate the processes of knowledge transfer in practice

Assessment Information

Assessment will be in the form of a reflective essay of no more than 1,500 words in which students draw out the main themes from their Options course as it applies in their own practice setting.