Explain, based on relevant theories, how offenders may be rehabilitated.

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Assessment Brief

Unit code and Title

FYA001-1 SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Assessment Number

Two

Assessment Value

70% of overall unit grade

Due date and time for submission

 

 

Note that any late submission without an approved extension will be given a grade of 0.

Assessment type

Essay

Assessment title

You will use the essay title you have chosen

Aims of assessment

The aim is to produce an essay building on the essay plan in the first assessment.  You will demonstrate key skills of reflecting on your feedback, information literacy skills, reading and writing academic materials and referencing correctly

Form of submission

Through BREO

YES

other

 (specify, e.g. presentation/ viva)

Any specific submission information

 

All work must be submitted online to the EMA on this unit`s BREO site

 

Assessment length

1,200 words

Variance allowed in word limit*

+/- 10%

*Note that reference lists do not count in the word limit

Support for the development of your assessment

Available assessment guidance and development

An assignment support session prior to submission will focus on supporting you in developing the key knowledge and skills you need to produce an effective assignment

Additional support available from tutor/s

Office hours are available. Please email your unit tutor to arrange a meeting or sign up for office hours.

 

If you require an extension due to mitigating circumstances please use the guidance in your course handbook and contact SEAM

Relevant support available from PAD

Before you start your assignment you may wish to visit PAD’s Study Hub Online site on BREO. You will find guidance and resources on completing your assignments there.

Learning outcomes and threshold criteria

Unit learning outcomes and assessment criteria covered by this assessment

Learning outcome one -  Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding

  • Demonstrate how to produce an academic essay plan 

Yes

Learning outcome two - Demonstrate the following skills and abilities

  • Employ a range of academic skills in the production of an essay related to the social sciences

Yes

Threshold criteria to achieve a pass (40%) in the assessment

Draw on your essay plan and feedback to produce an essay related to the social sciences.

Demonstrate a range of academic skills including, reflecting on your feedback from the academic essay plan, information literacy skills, reading and writing academic materials and referencing correctly.

Feedback

Samples of work will be moderated in line with University guidance to ensure fairness of the marking process.

Feedback will be provided 20 working days after submission

Generic feedback to group provided, how / when

There will be a guided discussion on the assignment and engaging with feedback in class.

Additional individual feedback to be provided and how/when

Individual feedback will be provided via BREO and the 2 Question feedback process. We will also discuss your progress and feedback in tutorials. 

Opportunities for further reflection

If you wish to discuss your feedback in detail, make an appointment for a one-to-one session with the marker or you can do so in your personal tutorial with your personal academic tutor.

Key initial* reading and resources

Cottrell, S. (2013) The Study Skills Handbook, 4th edn., London: Palgrave MacMillan

Key initial* reading and resources

The reading will be provided for this assignment on a week by week basis and will be covered and discussed in class. To get the highest grades available you will also undertake your own further reading. The key minimum resources that will be used and drawn from are:

 

Arnett, J. (2004) Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens through the Twenties. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 

Arnett, J. (2000) `Emerging adulthood: A theory of development from the late teens through the twenties`, American Psychologist, 55, 5, pp. 469-480. Online journal

 

Arnett, J. (2007), `Suffering, Selfish, Slackers? Myths and Reality About Emerging Adults`, Journal Of Youth & Adolescence, 36, 1, pp. 23-29. Online journal

 

Cieslik, M. and Simpson, J.  (2013) Key Concepts in Youth Studies. London: Sage.

 

Hendry, L, & Kloep, M. (2010)  `How universal is emerging adulthood? An empirical example`, Journal Of Youth Studies, 13, 2, pp. 169-179. Online Journal

Kehily, M. J. (2007) Understanding youth: perspectives, identities and practice. London: Sage.

 

*Students should note that reading and referencing only these key suggested sources is insufficient for a good grade in an assignment.

Specific assessment guidance on presentation, content or structure

The aim is to produce an essay building on the essay plan in the first assessment.  You will demonstrate key skills of reflecting on your feedback, information literacy skills, reading and writing academic materials and referencing correctly All authors, concepts or theories should be accompanied by citations to the sources used. There should be a list of references that matches the citations.

Note: You must write your essay on the title chosen in the first assessment, unless you agree otherwise with your tutor. The titles are:

  1. Describe some of the contemporary explanations of crime and identify the general trends.

 

  1. Identify some of the main challenges that caring for the elderly pose in today’s society and provide evidence to support your claims.

 

  1. Explain the changes that individuals experience during adolescence and how they may impact on their education.

 

  1. Explain, based on relevant theories, how offenders may be rehabilitated.

 

  1. Explain how client-centred counselling can be applied to supporting individuals experiencing relationship problems.

 

  1. Identify the main causes of obesity. Provide examples of interventions, indicating briefly their degree of success.

General guidance

 

The aim is to produce an essay building on the essay plan in the first assessment.  You will demonstrate key skills of reflecting on your feedback, information literacy skills, reading and writing academic materials and referencing correctly All authors, concepts or theories should be accompanied by citations to the sources used. There should be a list of references that matches the citations.

Note: You must write your essay on the title chosen in the first assessment, unless you agree otherwise with your tutor. The titles are:

  1. Describe some of the contemporary explanations of crime and identify the general trends.

 

  1. Identify some of the main challenges that caring for the elderly pose in today’s society and provide evidence to support your claims.

 

  1. Explain the changes that individuals experience during adolescence and how they may impact on their education.

 

  1. Explain, based on relevant theories, how offenders may be rehabilitated.

 

  1. Explain how client-centred counselling can be applied to supporting individuals experiencing relationship problems.
  2. Identify the main causes of obesity. Provide examples of interventions, indicating briefly their degree of success.

Advice

  • In order to produce a good essay you should search for and read relevant sources that allow you to address the question implicit in the essay title. High quality sources are university level textbooks and academic journals, as well as government reports and official statistics. Please, avoid A-Level textbooks and popular psychology websites. 
  • Remember that the above essay titles contain an implicit, but easily identifiable question. Clarifying this question and its main elements is the first stage. For example, the first part of the title ‘Describe some of the contemporary explanations of crime and identify the general trends’ is asking the question ‘What are some of the contemporary explanations of crime?’ The second part, also asks a question: ‘What are the general trends?’ While the first question suggests an analytical task (explanations or theories of crime propose the key causes of crime) while the latter requires synthesis: theories can be grouped and you would need to indicate which are the most widely accepted and why.
  • Your essay should present a series of key ideas based on your reading, not just your opinion. You acquire knowledge from reading and then make judgments about it. 
  • Make sure there is a direct relationship between your ideas and the question you have identified.
  • You do not need to use heading in the essay, but if you do they should be few in number.
  • The conclusion must be relatively short, but is very important. 
  • Remember to proofread your essay many times (does the text make sense?) and correct the spelling and grammar. This is part of the careful editing that is part of writing anything that others will read.
  • Read the assessment brief and the assessment criteria (marking grid), before you start and during the time you are working on the plan.  You should also use the marking grid as a checklist before submitting to make sure you have met the assessment criteria to the best of your ability.
  • Some students were unsure as to whether you needed to cite sources and have a list of references. The emphasis of this assignment is not on large amounts of reading. However, if you mention a concept or a theory, you must include a citation which should follow the APA style if you are a Psychology student and the Harvard referencing style of you are an Applied Social Studies student. A very good online source for APA is http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/ . For Harvard, please see https://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/a-guide-to-referencing/books 
  • In all cases, in-text citations must match up with what appears in the List of References. Every citation should correspond to a reference on the list at the end (and vice versa). Readers often flick back and forth. An exception is when you cite a secondary source that you read about in a primary one. In that case only the primary source (they source you actually read) should appear in the list of references. Make sure you use the `cited in’ expression

You are reminded that plagiarism of any type will be penalised and result in a fail.

           

 

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