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Students describe and critically analyse learning experiences and contributions from module activities, including field trips or consultancy exposure. 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B&E students areexpected to submit a 3,000-word limit essay, while USE students have tosubmit a 1,000-word limit essay at the end of the module’s term.  \nFor both options, the reflective essay was designed as a term-long activityand as an end of term assessment to incentivise students to describe andcritically analyse their learnings, experiences and contributions to groupdiscussions, whilst consolidating knowledge and reflecting on activitiesconducted (for example, field trips, or consultancy experience) during themodule.  \nIn the case of the B&E option, students are expected to derive a personaldevelopment plan (PDP) from the narrative of their essay, which is notsummatively assessed. When designing the module, the convenorsoriginally posited a more formal, summatively assessed PDP as anindependent sub-assessment, but found this was going to be overly time -and resource-intensive to sustain. Instead, the module leads integratedthe PDP into the reflective essay. Now, students use the lessons from theirreflections to think about what they’ll do in the future and how they may goabout doing it.  \nThe PDP is intended as a tool for students to support their self-reflection,continuous learning and skills development outside of an academicenvironment.  \nA personal development plan is something that many employers ask thatemployees do throughout their career as part of their annual appraisalhence asking students to reflect on it as part of the assessment isclosely aligned with transferable skills for the workplace. At an interviewstage some employers might ask to explain what the candidates learntfrom doing various activities so reflecting on this early on can help thembetter prepare for those interviews.  \n  \n# Design decisions\n\nRationale for Reflective Essay  \nThe reflective essay was inspired by the convenor’s experience as astudent of the B&E option and has been chosen as an assessment tofacilitate revision of module contents, and to consolidate knowledge, whileproviding a mechanism for students to self-reflect, emphasising students’preconceptions and critically analysing their own thought-process,challenging what they have learned.  \nFor the USE option, the reflective essay was chosen to adapt theInfrastructure of Urban Environment module to COVID-19 restrictions inplace at the time, and their impact on the field trips. In previous years,students had been asked to keep a field diary of each weekly field trip,however many students could not attend field trips because ofCOVID-19 .  \nInterviewees: Mike Tennant and Tilly Collins  \nRole: Convenors for the Business & Environment and Urban Sustainable Environments options of the MScEnvironmental Technology.  \nTherefore, the diary assessment was transformedinto a personal reflective essay, where students areexpected to discuss their own learnings, experiences,and r","cbCaikKhdcRK695w","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikKhdcRK695w","pdf",192456,6,"English","# Assessment overview\n# Design decisions\n## Reflective Essay\n## Alignment with other assessments and the programme/module","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the reflective essay in this programme?\",\"answer\":\"The reflective essay requires students to describe and reflect on experiences from module activities and learning outcomes, critically analysing their thought process and consolidating knowledge.\"},{\"question\":\"How do the requirements differ between the B\\u0026E and USE options?\",\"answer\":\"B\\u0026E students submit a 3,000-word essay and integrate a personal development plan (PDP) through reflection, while USE students submit a 1,000-word essay and adapt field-trip learning under COVID-19 restrictions.\"},{\"question\":\"How is AI allowed in writing the reflective essay?\",\"answer\":\"AI may be used as a learning tool (e.g., for thinking about language constructions or developing aims and objectives), but students must not fully generate the assignment or copy and paste AI outputs as this is treated as plagiarism; paraphrasing must be done by the student.\"}]","Reflective Essay - Natural Sciences Faculty Centre for Environmental Policy | PDF",1790090471]