Reflective Processes in Professional Practice (PHD301)

Professional work within health, education, welfare, and social work develops within local, national, and international contexts. Reflexivity is to see and understand oneself within a context. Through this course the students will develop their ability to reflect, theorize and understand themselves and professional work. Students will be encouraged to develop and problematize their subjectivity in relation to their background and professional position, and to explore and challenge different understandings of professionalism. The students will develop a contextual and ethical awareness that can inform their current PhD project.


Course description for study year 2024-2025. Please note that changes may occur.

Facts

Course code

PHD301

Version

1

Credits (ECTS)

5

Semester tution start

Autumn

Number of semesters

1

Exam semester

Autumn

Language of instruction

English

Offered by
Time table

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Content

The aim of the course is to enable participants to strengthen their critical reflection and increase their understanding of interactional, contextualized, situational and collaborative practices. To enhance reflective processes the course will provide knowledge about ethics, contexts, and social interaction.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

After completing the course, students should:

Have advanced knowledge of ethical issues in professional work.

Have advanced knowledge of contextual and critical processes in professional work

Skills:

After completing the course, students should:

Be able to identify, emphasize and analyze ethical dimensions of professional work

Be able to recognize and reflect on contextualized (-local, national, and international) understandings and challenges within professional work

Be able to apply concepts and theories in respectively health, education, welfare, and social work research in fruitful ways

Competences:

After completing the course, students should:

Demonstrate substantial scholarly and professional integrity and sustained commitment to the development of new ideas or processes at the forefront of health, education, welfare, or social work.

Be able to identify new and relevant ethical challenges and conduct their research with academic integrity.

Required prerequisite knowledge

Participants must be enrolled in a PhD programme.

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid
Course paper 1/1 Passed / Not Passed

Paper approximately 5000 words. The paper will be assessed as a pass/fail. A pass is equivalent to grade B or better. Detailed criteria will be available at Canvas.

Course teacher(s)

Course teacher:

Solveig Botnen Eide

Course coordinator:

Siv Oltedal

Method of work

Lectures, seminars, group work and individual work – adapted to different modes of study. There will be sessions where students will be given assignments. Students will receive feedback on their work from other students and from the course leaders.

Coursework requirements

Students need to attend three full days of the course. Presence is mandatory (MP). If students do not fulfill the MP requirement, students will have to pass an assignment given by the course coordinators to take the course exam.

Open for

The course is open to interested PhD candidates at the University of Stavanger and other universities. Single Course Admission to PhD-Courses.

Course assessment

There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital subject evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.

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