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Reflective Practice Assignment: Research Positionality
This is an individual task assessment. You will be required to complete the reflective practice assignment template. You will reflect on the application of your learning related to the readings, lectures, tutorials and prior assessments. You will be tasked to reflect on these two points:
• Who are you as a researcher and how have you changed because of your learning in this unit?
• How would you seek to undertake research with Indigenous communities?
For each reflection you must include the use of a "rich picture".The concept of a "rich picture" draws from Soft Systems Methodology which explores complex relationships (Bell & Morse 2013). A rich picture is a visual sketch diagramming relationships and providing a rich amount of data. For this assessment the rich picture should describe a specific experience that influenced your thinking.
Here are some guidelines for drawing rich pictures:
1. The focus of the picture should be your learning experience.
2. Use all the space available.
3. Include yourself in the picture - you don't have to be at the centre, but you should be in there somewhere!
4. Include key people, learning material, events that are relevant to your learning.
5. Represent the viewpoints, problems, and concerns of the people in the diagram using speech bubbles and thought bubbles (just like comic books).
6. Represent types of relationships using arrows, lines, or any other way you can think of.
7. Add short notes if you think they are needed, but try to keep them to short phrases.
8. Represent the climate or quality of the relationships using symbols (such as dark clouds, sunshine, lightning bolts) or any other way you like.
9. Include any influencing factors in the wider environment that seem relevant.
10. Make it colorful and let your creativity flow.
ASSESSMENT - REFLECTIVE PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT
You will be required to complete the reflective practice assignment template. You will reflect on the application of your learning related to the readings; lectures. tutorials and prior assessments. You will be tasked to reflect on these two points:
- Who are you as a researcher and how have you changed because of your learning in this unit?
- How would you seek to undertake research with Indigenous communities?
For each reflection you must include the use of a "rich picture". The concept of a "rich picture" draws from Soft Systems Methodology which explores complex relationships (Bell & Morse 2013). A rich picture is a visual sketch diagramming relationships and providing a rich amount of data. For this assessment the rich picture should describe a specific experience that influenced your thinking.
For each reflection; you must also apply a reflection framework. To help you with your reflective practice, review your workbook and refer to the Academic Learning Centre. For the two assessment questions; you will be drawing upon the Kolb (1984) reflection framework.