Personal Reflection on contemporary welfare studies and issues in Australia

Format: 

Students will produce a 1500-word report reflecting on:

• What have they learnt so far regarding welfare?
• How do they relate their learning to the real world of welfare discussion and practice?
• What potential challenges and ethical dilemma do they anticipate for themselves to work in the welfare sector in the future? How would they address such challenges and dilemma?
• How would they continue to engage in exploring and learning about welfare in the future?

There is no one size-fits-all approach to write this reflective report. And hence, there is no specified format available for the students. Instead of drawing on any prescriptive format, students are encouraged to use their imagination and creativity, research about the current world of welfare discussion and practice, and critically assess their learning, and from their interplay produce a scholarly critical reflective report that make sense to those who are concerned about welfare study and practice.

Criteria:

1: Ability to systematically assess their learning and synthesise it as a personal reflection.

2: Ability to research and scholarly explore about the real world of welfare studies and practice and compare these against their learning.

3: Ability to predict challenges and ethical dilemma for themselves to work in the welfare, as well as identify how to address these.

4: Ability to build self-learning strategies to explore about welfare issues in the future.