Reflective Learning Journal Part 1 1008CCJ Social Problems
- Subject Code :
1008CCJ
Reflective Learning Journal Part 1- 1008CCJ, Social Problems, Trimester 3 (2022-2023)
Task Description:
In this reflective learning journal, you will: 1) describe two key learning's(please choose two from the list provided below)from weeks 2 to 5 of the course. Please draw on the lecture materials and/or what you learnt in tutorials and/or the course readings, 2) explain why these two key learnings are important for students of criminology, 3) reflect on how these two key learnings have impacted you personally with particular attention paid to positionality i.e. the link between your biography and the social structure, 4) explain what insights you have gained from these two key learnings and how this might impact your academic development and professional growth. You should include the following information for each weeks entry:
- Describe two key learnings(please choose two from the list provided below):What did you learn?
- Describe the two key learnings that you have chosen (from the list below) no feelings, thoughts, reflections, or assumptions just facts.
- Why do you think these two key learnings are important for a criminologist to understand?
- Affect:What was the impact of these two key learnings?
- How did they affect you personally? How did you feel? This could be positive or negative. You may have felt overwhelmed, excited, angry, confused, shocked or the opposite.
- Consider how your positionality may have impacted on how you felt?
- Reflect:Reflect on your learning
- How did these two key learnings strengthen, confirm, or contradict your prior opinions, knowledge, theories, or understanding?
- How might your positionality have influenced your prior opinions, knowledge, theories or understanding around these two key learnings?
- Impact:How do you think these two key learnings will impact your future learning/university studies and career development?
Your recording of each key learning experience will vary in complexity and depth; this means word length per entry will likely vary. This is fine! Remember you have up to 2000 words in total.
Key Learnings
Only choose two from each week
Week 2:
Ethnocentrism
The myth of equality
Socialisation
The difficulty of seeing the culture in which you live and how employing the sociological imagination can make this visible
Week 3:
Oppression
How prejudice and discrimination differ from oppression
Social privilege
Intersectionality
Week 4:
Classism
The criminalisation of poverty
Class and intersectionality
Dangerous criminological knowledge
Week 5:
White race privilege
Settler colonialism
Racial oppression and Indigenous Australians
Decolonising criminology
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Grades |
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Criterion |
7 |
6 |
5 |
3-4 |
1-2 |
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Describe Marked out of 10 |
Strong and clear description of what was learned and why it is important for a criminologist to understand |
Fairly strong and clear description of what was learned and why it is important for a criminologist to understand |
Sound description of what was learned and why it is important for a criminologist to understand |
Poor description of what was learned and why it is important for a criminologist to understand |
Failure to adequately describe of what was learned and why it is important for a criminologist to understand |
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Affect Marked out of 5 |
Strong recognition of emotions and ability to understand affect in terms of positionality |
Very good recognition of emotions and ability to understand affect in terms of positionality |
Good recognition of emotions and ability to situate positionality |
Limited exploration of emotions and restricted ability to situate positionality |
Emotions not explored and unable to situate positionality |
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Reflect Marked out of 5 |
Clearly describes how what was learned confirmed or contradicted prior knowing and provides a strong reflection on positionality |
Very good description on how what was learned confirmed or contradicted prior knowing and also on positionality |
Sound explanation on how what was learned confirmed or contradicted prior knowing and also on positionality |
Limited explanation on how what was learned confirmed or contradicted prior knowing and on positionality |
No explanation on how what was learned confirmed or contradicted prior knowing and nothing about positionality |
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Impact Marked out of 3 |
Outstanding discussion on the possible future impacts of the learning experiences |
Very good discussion on the possible future impacts of the learning experiences |
Sound discussion on the possible future impacts of the learning experiences |
Limited discussion on the possible future impacts of the learning experiences |
No discussion on the possible future impacts of the learning experiences |
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Clarity of expression and referencing Marked out of 2 |
Very fluent writing style, and grammar and spelling accurate Referencing is consistently accurate |
Language fluent, grammar and spelling accurate Referencing is mainly accurate |
Language mainly fluent, grammar and spelling mainly accurate Referencing is mainly accurate |
Meaning apparent, but language is not always fluent, grammar and/or spelling contain errors Some attempt at referencing |
Meaning unclear and/or grammar and/or spelling contain frequent errors Referencing is absent/unsystematic |
