Assessment 2: Reflective Learning and Writing
Topic: Select one question from either eModule 1 or 2 Reflective Learning & Writing questions found at the end of eModule 1 or 2.You have a choice of ten questions.
Due date:?Weighting:?Length and/or format: Purpose:
Learning outcomes assessed: How to submit:?Return of assignment: Assessment criteria:
24th March, 2014 at 12 midday via Turnitin on LEO. 35%?2,500 words
To enable students to learn to reflect on sociological topics related to health and culture and to develop and implement the Sociological Imagination Template to their chosen question.
1 and 2
Submit Via LEO Assessment Block – Turnitin on the due date.
Returned via Turnitin on a post date to be advised.
Students are referred to the detailed rubric and marking criteria in the appendix section of this unit outline.
You are asked to select one question from eModule 1 or eModule 2 to answer Assessment 2. The following questions are from eModule 1
. 1.1 Why do poor countries have a predominance of infectious diseases as opposed to the lifestyle-related diseases of wealthy countries? What is your response to the global health inequalities that exist?
. 1.2 Reflect on and discuss some of the underlying causes of world hunger? (Broom & Germov, 2009, p. 80).
. 1.3 What is your response to the statement that “aid” is “mostly ineffective and primarily used to benefit the national interest of the donor country” (Broom & Germov, 2009, pp. 73-4)?
. 1.4 Should “traditional health practices” in poor countries be encouraged by the World Health Organisation (Broom & Germov, 2009, p. 75). If so, why? If not, why not?
. 1.5 How can individual health care practitioners such as paramedics, nurses and midwives, and various professional organisations, work to improve the overall health of people in poor countries and poor people in rich countries?
The following questions are from eModule 2:?2.1 Choose ONE of the following features of postmodernity and reflect upon your responses to it, as well as on the possible impact of the feature on the health of people in society in general -
??•??A blurring of boundaries
??•??A breaking down of structures
??•??A generalised lack of trust in designated order and expertise
??•??Difficulties in preserving identity and focus on surface and image
??•??A move from a labour economy to a market economy
??•??All pervading anxiety and fear of the void ?2.2 What are some implications for people with reduced/limited/impaired rationality/cognition - for example, people with dementia, mental health problems, and brain injuries - when they live within or are cared for within an Australian society/health care system that values rationality, logic, structure, order, and practicality? What are your responses to this question?
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2.3 How have ideas of -human security- (Cockerham & Cockerham, 2010, p. 35) affected the security measures that are undertaken at national, State, local and organisational levels - e.g., in a health care facility with which you are familiar?
2.4 What is the effect of globalizing processes on the rise and development of medical tourism? What are the benefits/disadvantages to individual patients of medical tourism?
2.5 How similar or different is the Eastern notion of balance in the human body to the Western medical science beliefs about the nature of the human body?
HLSC120: Society, Culture and Health?Reflective Learning & Writing Proforma?Assessment 2 – Reflective Learning & Writing – 35% weighting – 2,500 words max
Due Date: 12 midday, 24th March 2014
[This proforma is available on LEO as a Word document for your use in completing this assessment task.]
Use this proforma to organise your response to the reflective assessment task. Use the steps as headings and write in paragraphs below the headings; this is not an essay task. All your sources should be referenced using APA style.
Step 1:?Carefully choose one question from the Reflective Learning and Writing section of eModule 1 or 2 to guide your
reflection. Write the question here: ______________________________________________________________________________
Step 2: (700 words; use one academic source – your textbook Second Opinion)?Reflect upon and analyse your experiences in relation to the topic of the question from Step 1, using the factors from
Willis' (1993, 2011; as cited in Germov, 2014, p. 7,8) sociological imagination template:
. ??•??Historical factors
. ??•??Cultural factors
. ??•??Structural factors
. ??•??Critical factors ?These experiences may be personal or professional. Be sure to specifically identify and discuss at least two of Willis' factors in your analysis and make them relevant to your experiences.
. ?Step 3: (600 words; use two academic sources – one from your textbook + one from the eModule) ?Next, identify and cite one of the readings, articles or videos from the eModule and discuss how this resource helps you to expand and deepen your original reflections on this topic. Remember to relate the information from this resource back to the factors from the sociological imagination template. ?
. Step 4: (1000 words; use at least 4 new academic/literature sources) ?Now, building upon your reflections in the previous steps, answer the original question you identified in Step 1, using at least four academic sources (e.g. journal articles, research reports) to support your answer. Locate these academic sources through your own information search. ?
. Step 5: (200 words; no literature required) ?Finally, choose one of the Graduate Attributes (at the front of the Unit Outline) that is most relevant and explain how answering this eModule question has helped you to develop this Graduate Attribute.