Description
Buckinghamshire New University
Preparing for Success at University: Knowledge and Creativity Academic Year 2024-25
Module code and title: FY026: Preparing for Success at University: Knowledge and Creativity
Module leader: Laraib Azhar
Assignment No. and type: Essay (1000 words)
Assessment weighting: 40%
Submission time and date: 07-02- 2025 (CW1)
Target feedback time and date: 7 th March 2025
Assignment task
Write a reflective essay of 1000 words to:
- Explain how you have developed as a learner during this module with reference to two of the topics and related class activities listed below.
- Discuss how your engagement with these topics and related activities have contributed to your development.
- Explain how the new skills you have acquired from your engagement with your selected topics will help to prepare you for future challenges and for the expectations of a university course.
Topics to be covered in class include:
- Application of different Learning style theories and models: Kolb (1984), Honey & Mumford (1986), VARK (1987), Gibbs (1988), Schon (2017)
- Academic writing skills
- Oral presentation skills
- Academic reading skills
- Academic listening skills
- Reflection and Personal SWOT Analysis
- Reflective writing using Driscol’s Model (2007)
- Digital skills
- The world of work in 2024 and beyond
- Creative thinking and problem-solving
Please note the following requirements:
- The essay must be reflective, where you think deeply about your personal and professional development using formal language and presenting arguments supported by evidence.
- You should refer to definitions, theories and perspectives on reflection and reflective practice
- The language used must be descriptive and written in the first-person.
Academic sources need to be fully referenced using Harvard referencing style and relevant to the arguments presented. They should also explain why the topics mentioned are relevant to your learning and acquired skills.
If you are registered with the Disability and Inclusion Services or have a disability, please contact your module leader to discuss how your reasonable adjustments will be applied to this assignment.
This assignment has been designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of the following module learning outcomes:
LO1: Demonstrate effective communication skills, applicable to academic and professional contexts.
LO2: Reflect on your individual performance, behaviour and experience in education and/or employment.
Practicalities: Referencing, presenting and submitting your work.
Please see your programme handbook for information on the required Harvard referencing style, any presentational requirements and the process for submitting your work.
Formative submission will be required for this task at one point during the Semester.
Summative Submission Deadline for CW1 is 07-02-2025
Core Text(s):
Gibbs, G (1988). Learning by doing: a guide to teaching and learning methods. Oxford: Further Education Unit, Oxford Polytechnic.
Honey, P and Mumford, A (1986). In Mumford, A, Effective Learning. London: IPD. Schön, D (1983). The reflective practitioner: how professionals think in action. New York: Basic Books.
Additional Reading:
Driscoll, J., 1994. Reflective practice for practise. Senior Nurse, 14(1), p.47.
Honey, P. and Mumford, A., 1986. Using your learning styles. Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Kolb, D.A., 1984. The process of experiential learning. Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development (pp. 20-38). Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Schön, D.A., 2017. The reflective practitioner: How professionals think in action. Routledge.
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