project report

Due: Part 1 COB Friday, Week 4; Parts 2-5 COB Monday, Week 10
Weighting: 40%

The Project Report is 1500 words in length in total. IT IS SUBMITTED IN TWO PARTS. Part 1, worth 8 marks, is submitted in Week 4. The balance (Parts 2-5), worth 32 marks, are submitted in Week 10  (Exact dates in due date column; must be submitted by close of business on that day).

The Project Report is 1500 words in length. You have a choice of three report formats:

1. a standard project report in 5 parts:

   1. planning for the placement;

   2. development of professional skills during placement;

   3. using academic skills during placement;

   4. reflecting on undergraduate experience and the placement; and

   5. devising practical solutions to the relevant social issue.

      OR

2. a critical experience analysis of in 5 parts

   1. planning for the placement;

   2. the critical experience: context, events, thoughts, feelings and actions;

   3. what did you learn from the critical experience?;

   4. reflecting on undergraduate experience and the critical experience at placement; and

   5. devising practical solutions to the relevant social issue.

                 OR

1. planning for the placement

2. the research internship: context, research questions, what you did, and how your psychology undergraduate skills and knowledge informed your work during the internship;

3. what did you learn from the research internship?;

4. reflecting on undergraduate experience and the research internship; and

5. discussing an original idea you had around the research questions and research area that was the focus of your research internship.

Learning Outcomes

This Assessment Task relates to the following Learning Outcomes:

• Critically reflect on how the different sub-disciplines in psychology link within the whole person and apply to wider social contexts, including the placement organisations activities
• Reflect on their learning in psychology (including practical learning), and its application to professional and ethical practice (including at their volunteer placement)
• Demonstrate effective oral, written and visual communication skills that are appropriate to the purpose, medium and audience
• Identify a social issue and devise practical solutions that are supported by sound psychological theories and evidence