Assessment
Assessment Type Critical Reflection Essay
Aligned Learning outcomes
b. Advanced knowledge of the historical development of critical theory to explain the fundamental structural nature of poverty, inequality, disadvantage and marginalisation. Students will also be able to critically evaluate existing policies and programs developed to address disadvantage and oppression.
e. Cognitive, technical, and creative skills including critical and structural analysis and critical reflection. Demonstrated use of these skills to critically reflect on the ‘self’, identity and social location. Ability to link critical reflection implications for critical social work practice. Length 2500 words, excluding reference list
Assessment 2 Details and Instructions Purpose This assessment requires you to write a critical reflection essay that demonstrates an understanding of the impact of your own social location, privilege and oppression on your critical social work practice. In the answer, you are to explore structural inequality, personal privilege, power and subjugation and link this with implications for your critical social work practice. Explore how your privilege/ oppression may impact your social work practice with clients and use critical theory as a lens for critical reflection for practice.
Assessment Criteria – Task 2 Write a critical reflection essay about your own social location, privilege and oppression
1. Explain what critical self-reflection is and its importance for social workers
2. Describe your social location (explain the terms with a references) use reference below:
● Mullaly, B., & West, J. (2018). Challenging oppression and confronting privilege: A critical approach to anti-oppressive and anti-privilege theory and practice (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. Oppression: An overview (pp. 1-34) Diversity, Difference, and Oppression
3. Demonstrate the intersections of your unearned privilege and experiences of oppression (explain the terms using Five Faces of Oppression by Iris Marion Young).
Give personal examples from your family, community and life in Australia.
4. Explore how the above might affect your critical social work practice ie who you may relate and feel empathy for or who you may feel biased against and how you will overcome your biases to be non-judgemental in your social work with people.
5. Use anti oppressive language and at least ten critical social work references from this unit. Academic writing criteria:
1. Follow an essay style format (introduction, body, conclusion, with in-text citations and a reference list)
2. Present the main ideas clearly and logically
3. Use APA (7 th edition)
4. Word count is within + or – 10% of requirement
5. Correct grammar, spelling and punctuation
Reference to use:
● Morley, C., Ablett, P., & Macfarlane, S. (2019). Engaging with social work: A critical introduction (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
● Allan, J. (2009) Theorising new developments in critical social work Ch 3 in Allan, J., Briskman, L. and Pease, B.Eds (2009) Critical SocialWebb, S. A. (2019). The Routledge handbook of critical social work. Routledge
● Mullaly, B., & West, J. (2018). Challenging oppression and confronting privilege: A critical approach to anti-oppressive and anti-privilege theory and practice (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. Oppression: An overview (pp. 1-34)
● Fook, J. (2007). Reflective practice and critical reflection. Ch 26i in G. Macdonald, R. MacKay, G. McIvor, P. Marsh, C. Keenan, H. Kemshall, & S. Shardlow (Eds.), Handbook for practice learning in social work and social care: Knowledge and theory (2nd ed., pp. 440-454). Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
● Mattsson, T. (2014). Intersectionality as a useful tool: Anti-oppressive social work and critical reflection. Affilia, 29(1), 8-17. DOI: 10.1177/0886109913510659
● iris young five faces of oppression
