“Having employee representatives on corporate boards reduces both the accountability of managers and the competitiveness of the businesses they run; interests of employees are best protected by mandatory labour law rules.”
Discuss.
What do you feel constitutes a “reasonable expectation of privacy” when it applies to electronic communication on the Internet? Explain.
Consider the differences between e-mail, posting a comment to a news story or a blog, or posting on social networking Web sites.
Should communications in these various types of media differ with regard to their privacy? Why or why not?
Consider the First and Fourth Amendments to the Constitution.
What protections are provided in this new electronic domain? Explain.
What protections should be provided in this new electronic domain?
Should anonymity be expected or allowed? Why or why not?
1. Explain what the USA PATRIOT Act stands for and discuss its primary purpose.
2. Summarize an article about a recent example of a hate crime (within the last year) on the Internet and include why it was a hate crime, the characteristics that made it a hate crime, and how the police and court responded to the hate crime.
3. Compare the characteristics of intelligence and investigation and describe how the information from each is used.
Go to https://research.strayer.edu to locate at least three (3) quality references for this assignment, including the initial article. One must have been published within the last year. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Using peer reviewed sources (2010 to present), explain the need for law enforcement/government policy for the following:
1. Underage Consumption of Marijuana (5 pages)
a. Analyze current tools available to solve the problem or improve professional practice, compare to identify benefits and issues.
b. Using academic literature, justify the need to address the problem
c. How will policy affect law enforcement response to the problem?
d. Can the policy be effective?
e. Are there possible alternatives?
f. How will this policy affect the community?
g. Pros and cons of such policy
2. Driving Under the Influence of Marijuana (5 pages)
a. Analyze current tools available to solve the problem or improve professional practice, compare to identify benefits and issues.
b. Using academic literature, justify the need to address the problem
c. How will policy affect law enforcement response to the problem?
d. Can the policy be effective?
e. Are there possible alternatives?
f. How will this policy affect the community?
g. Pros and cons of such policy
3. Illegal Trafficking of Marijuana (5 pages)
a. Analyze current tools available to solve the problem or improve professional practice, compare to identify benefits and issues.
b. Using academic literature, justify the need to address the problem
c. How will policy affect law enforcement response to the problem?
d. Can the policy be effective?
e. Are there possible alternatives?
f. How will this policy affect the community?
g. Pros and cons of such policy
4. Marijuana Dispensary Regulations (5 pages)
a. Analyze current tools available to solve the problem or improve professional practice, compare to identify benefits and issues.
b. Using academic literature, justify the need to address the problem
c. How will policy affect law enforcement response to the problem?
d. Can the policy be effective?
e. Are there possible alternatives?
f. How will this policy affect the community?
g. Pros and cons of such policy
5. State-funded training programs for law enforcement agencies to identify and recognize the legalities surrounding legalized Marijuana (5 pages)
a. Analyze current tools available to solve the problem or improve professional practice, compare to identify benefits and issues.
b. Using academic literature, justify the need to address the problem
c. How will policy affect law enforcement response to the problem?
d. Can the policy be effective?
e. Are there possible alternatives?
f. How will this policy affect the community?
g. Pros and cons of such policy
The Assessment Task
Detailed instructions can be found on page 5 of this document.
Learning Outcomes
The learning outcomes that are being assessed in this assessment are:
Your grade will depend on the extent to which you meet these learning outcomes in the way relevant for this assessment. Please see the grading rubric at the end of this assessment brief for further details of the criteria against which you will be assessed.
In accordance with the Assessment and Feedback Policy, as stated in section 4.40 where a submission exceeds the stipulated word limit by more than 10%, the submission will only be marked up to and including the additional 10%. Anything over this will not be included in the final grade for the assessment item. Abstracts, bibliographies, reference lists, appendices and footnotes are excluded from any word limit requirements.
In line with section 4.41 of the same Policy, where a submission is notably under the word limit, the full submission will be marked on the extent to which the learning objectives have been met.
Resit Assessment Support
Assessment support will be provided through one-to-one consultations which will take place during w/c: 20th April 2020.
Generic Grading Criteria
You will find the generic grading criteria for achievement at University Grading Criteria. Also explained here are the meanings of the various G grades at the bottom of the grading scale.
Assessment Submission
To submit your work, please go to the ‘Submit your work’ area on the NILE site and use the submission point entitled “Magistrates Court Report- Resit” to upload your report. The deadline for this is 11.59pm (UK local time) on the date of submission. Please note that essays and reports must be submitted as word documents and not PDFs.
Written work submitted to TURNITIN will be subject to anti-plagiarism detection software. Turnitin checks student work for possible textual matches against internet available resources and its own proprietary database.
When you upload your work correctly to TURNITIN you will receive a receipt which is your record and proof of submission.
If your assessment is not submitted to TURNITIN rather than a receipt you will see a green banner at the top of the screen that denotes successful submission.
N.B Work emailed directly to your tutor will not normally be marked. The only exception to this is when you are instructed to do so because TURNITIN is down.
Late submission of work
For resits work submitted late will be awarded a LG grade. There is no opportunity to submit work late for a bare pass.
Extensions
There are NO extensions for resits.
Mitigating Circumstances
For guidance on Mitigating circumstances please go to Mitigating Circumstances where you will find detailed guidance on the policy as well as guidance and the form for making an application.
Please note, however, that an application to defer an assessment on the grounds of mitigating circumstances should normally be made in advance of the submission deadline or examination date.
Plagiarism and Academic Integrity
Unless this is a group assessment, the work you produce must be your own with work taken from any other source properly referenced and attributed. The University of Northampton policy will apply in all cases of copying, plagiarism or any other methods by which students have obtained (or attempted to obtain) an unfair advantage.
If you are in any doubt about what constitutes plagiarism or any other infringement of academic integrity, please read the University’s Academic Integrity and Misconduct Policy. For help with understanding academic integrity go to UNPAC and follow the Top Tips for Good Academic Practice on the student hub.
Please note that the penalties for copying work from another source without proper referencing are severe and can include failing the assessment, failing the module and expulsion from the university.
Feedback and Grades
These can be accessed through clicking on the Feedback and Grades tab on NILE. Feedback will be provided by a rubric with summary comments. You will need to click through to Turnitin to view the feedback.
Instructions;
There are two aims for this piece of work. Firstly, to make you go to the Magistrates’ Court and observe what happens and secondly, to ensure that you consider carefully the overall effectiveness (or not) of the Magistrates’ Court.
The submitted report breaks down into three parts as follows:
You should use the template provided and type your answers into the template. Submit one complete questionnaire per trial. The blank template is 129 words and this can be deducted from your word limit (i.e. you only need to count the words in your answers rather than the template). Your answers to each questionnaire should be approximately 200 words (400 in total)
In this section you should spend approximately 800 words critically reflecting on the trials you observed. Identify anything good and / or bad that you observed which influenced the process (for example pace too fast / slow, inadequate preparation by lawyers, defendant’s manner / attitude, failure of defendant or witnesses to attend – this is not an exhaustive list). Do not simply describe what you observed; explain why it affected the trial process.
In this section you should spend approximately 800 words exploring any features of your observed trials which merit further critical analysis by reference to academic material, government reports and other sources. Suitable topics might include unrepresented defendants, access to legal aid, mentally disordered offenders, the use of interpreters, inadequate legal representation, funding cuts, court closures – this is not an exhaustive list). This is your opportunity to critically consider why particular issues have arisen and the effect that these issues are having on the wider criminal justice system. Suggest reform where appropriate.
Guidance notes
Questionnaire – submit one questionnaire for each trial
| How many defendants? | |
| Identify the charge/s and provide a very brief factual summary | |
| Did the defendant/s appear to understand the procedure? Explain your answer | |
| How many magistrates? | |
| How long did the magistrates deliberate for? | |
| Did the magistrates ask the Clerk to:
● Advise them on the law? ● Advise them on any other matter? (if yes, what?) ● Be present during their deliberations? |
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| How long was the complete trial? | |
| What was the verdict? | |
| If guilty – what was the sentence passed (if no sentence passed – why not?) and what were the reasons given for the particular sentence? | |
| Do you think the sentence reflected the crime? Why? Why not? | |
| How effective did you find the prosecutor? Why? | |
| How effective did you find the defence? Why? |
‘The basic goal of the ICSID system is to promote much needed international investment by offering a mutual dispute resolution forum both to investors that are (rightly or wrongly) wary of nationalistic decisions by local courts and to host states that are (rightly or wrongly) wary of self-interested actions by foreign investors’
(Guide to ICS1D Arbitration second edition 2011 by Reed. Paulson and Blacksburg).
) To what extent can this statement be supported. given the
denunciation of and withdrawal from the 1CSID Convention by a number of Latin American states between 2007- 2012?
and
2) To what extent might these developments best be described as just a ‘storm in a teacup’ or indicative of a much needed overhaul of ICSID?
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Instructions:
Motion in Limine
[Name of attorney filing]
[Name of attorney’s firm]
[Address of attorney’s firm]
[Arizona State Bar number of attorney]
[Email address of attorney]
[Telephone number of attorney]
[Designation of represented party]
[Name of represented party]
In the Superior Court of the State of Arizona
In and for the County of [Name of County]
Pursuant to Ariz. R. Civ. P. 7.2(b) (2017), [name of party] herein, by and through undersigned counsel, respectfully requests the Court enter an Order precluding the introduction of documentary evidence or testimony concerning [description of matter] at the trial of this matter on the grounds and for the reason that [description of grounds for exclusion ( comp. 1.5)].
This Motion is supported by the Memorandum of Points and Authorities attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this [date of submission].
[Name of attorney]
[Name of attorney’s firm]
[Address of attorney’s firm]
Attorney for
[designation of party]
[Name of party]
Original efiled with court on this
[date of filing] with Clerk of Court.
A copy has been or will be
mailed emailed hand-delivered
on [date of service] to:
[Name of opposing party or attorney]
[Address of opposing party or attorney]
Part II: Motion in Limine Analysis
Answer the following questions in a 150-200-word response for each. Be sure to cite at least three scholarly sources in support of your responses.
References
• Learning outcomes
There are eight critical, practical and reflexive learning outcomes for this module:
• Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the theories and debates relating to team based working, team effectiveness and the development of effective team climates
• Analyse and critique the evidence linking effective team working and the quality of patient care
• Apply theories and methods that develop an effective team climate
• Apply theories and methods of reflective practice
• Demonstrate practical skills in team leadership practice
• Demonstrate practical skills to embed diversity and inclusion in your team leadership practices
• Demonstrate reflexivity in your leadership practice
• Create a team climate which is inclusive and promotes positive attitudes and behaviours
Programme Golden Threads
Running through all learning activities are two golden threads that reflect the fundamental values of the programme and are central to participant’s leadership practice:
• Demonstrate how I and my team remain constantly in tune with how the quality of care provided to patients, matches what we would want for the people we love most.
• Demonstrate the way in which I and my team understand equality and diversity, and implement this proactively in our leadership of healthcare
Critical Assignment
There is one 2000 word critical assignment required for this module. Critical assignments have a word limit and penalties apply if this is exceeded.
Critical assignments should mainly be written in the third person, with the use of first person for more reflective sections of this assignment. When addressing this assignment, you need to ensure that you demonstrate the following Module Learning Outcomes:
• Systematic understanding of the theories and debates relating to team based working, team effectiveness and the development of effective team climates
• Analyse and critique the evidence relating to effective team working and quality of patient care
• Apply theories and methods that develop an effective team climate
• Apply theories and methods of reflective practice
Further guidance is detailed below
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Write a critical assignment addressing the following question:
What is the relationship between leading effective teams and the delivery of quality patient care?
In writing this assignment, you should consider the learning that you have undertaken throughout this module and include examples from your work where appropriate. This should include references to team based working and may include team identity, team objectives, role clarity, team decision making, effective communication, inter-team working and other areas you deem relevant.
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Writing Critically
• When offering ideas and concepts, you must support these by drawing on relevant evidence – that is theories, concepts and models – from the literature. Core texts and further readings have been provided in this module, but you will need to look beyond these, and can do so via electronic library facilities.
• Your writing must show evidence of critical analysis and should have some application to the workplace where appropriate to demonstrate synthesis of knowledge and its application to practice.
• Learning and reflection should be aligned to the learning outcomes you need to demonstrate in this assignment and should include examples from your work where appropriate.
• Critically reflect on your leadership thinking and practice and how these impact on your team and the golden threads (patient experience, care quality and equality and diversity).
• If you work in an area that is not involved in direct care, for example finance or human resources, then you should make the connection between the end product of your team’s work and the golden threads.
• The critical assignment will need to be uploaded onto Turnitin. Please be aware that there is a timed deadline after which you will not be able to upload your document.
Critically evaluate the extent to which the mechanism of judicial review and the preliminary ruling procedure allow individuals unhindered access to justice within the EU legal order, with reference to relevant case law and academic commentaries.
Please use at least 6 from the following reading list:
Textbooks on EU LAW
Barnard, C. and Peers, S. (eds.) (2017) European Union Law. OUP Oxford 2
nd ed.
Craig, P. and de Búrca, G. (2015) EU Law: Text, Cases, and Materials. OUP Oxford 6th ed.
Chalmers, D.; Davies, G. & Monti, G. (2019) European Union Law: Texts and Materials. CUP 4th ed.
Morano-Foadi, S. and Neller, J. (2018) Fairhurst’s Law of the European Union. Pearson 12th ed.
Kaczarowska-Ireland, A. (2016) European Union Law. Routledge 4th ed.
Cini, M. and Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, N (2016) European Union Politics. OUP Oxford 5th ed.
Peterson J. and Shackleton, M. (2012) The Institutions of the European Union 3rd
Usherwood, S and Pinder, J. (2018) The European Union: A Very short Introduction. OUP Oxford 4th ed.
Davies, K. (2016) Understanding European Union Law. Routledge 6th ed.
Castillo Ortiz, P. J. (2015) EU Treaties and the Judicial Politics of National Courts: A Law and Politics Approach. Taylor & Francis
Craig, P. (2013) The Lisbon Treaty: Law, Politics and Treaty Reform. OUP Oxford 2nd ed.
Ritleng, D. (2016) Independence and Legitimacy in the Institutional System of the European Union. OUP Oxford
Alvarez Rubio, J.J. and Yiannibas (2017) Hu
THIS IS A MUST USE:
Storey, T. and Pimor, A. (2018) Unlocking EU Law. Routledge 5th ed.
PLEASE DO NOT COUNT THE FOOTNOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY AS WORDS.
PLEASE WRITE TO A 80% UNDERGRADUATE STANDARD
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Research report
Table of Contents
Modernisation of the Probation service. 3
What are Ethics in the criminal justice sector. 5
Within this report I will be discussing my placement, the modernisation of the Probation service, the importance of ethics in the public sector and finally relate them to my 70 hours of placement. This report will also include two reflective diary entries and a log on my placement hours as evidence of my work for this report.
NACRO is a charity which was formed in 1966.the charity took over from the National Association of Discharged Prisoners’ Aid Societies in the same year (NACRO,2017). NACRO now stands for the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders. NACRO’s charitable aim is to create a society in which communities are crime free, where people feel safe and are supported to reach their aspirations. (NACRO,2017).
NACRO helps thousands of people each year in 4 main ways including education, health, housing and justice. These are all seen as factor that can contribute to re-offending so by helping these issues it could prevent re-offending.
The aims of the National Probation service as stated by the Home Office (2015) the rehabilitation of offenders, the correct and fair punishment of offenders, reduce re-offending and protecting the public from crime.
In 1887 saw the Probation of First Offenders Act passed which introduced the concept of probation; however, it was not until 20 years later when the Probation of Offenders Act 1907 was created and that a recognizable form of probation was carried out. (Whitehead, 2010)
Whitehead (2010) explains that the Modernisation of The Criminal Justice Act 1991 saw a change from the usual meeting with probation officer to cognitive behavioural programmes. This was to be able to see why offenders break the law and why (Whitehead, 2010).
This saw the responsibility of the service change to the responsibility of the individual. This was to allow them to focus on their specific unacceptable behaviour and to therefore make offenders accept responsibility for their actions.
Another factor that modernised the probation service according to (Whitehead, 2010) was when a Probation Order became a direct sentence from the court. According to the Probation directory (Gov.uk, 2017) The purpose of the order is to ‘’rehabilitate the offender, protect the public and prevent the offender committing further offences’’.
The modernisation of the probation service has had to restructure itself many times over the years to keep up the needs of society with a change in why people commit crime and rather than just sentencing an offender the probation service tries to rehabilitate to stop offending. Now modernisation has led to using programmes such as Volunteering Essex which I have been able to help on during my placement to help archive the new aims of the service.
During my studies at Anglia Ruskin University we carried out 70 hours of work experience (see appendix 1). For my work experience I was fortunate enough to work with NACRO and the Probation Service as a volunteer in the scheme called Rehabilitation Essex.
Transforming Rehabilitation is the name given to the government’s programme for how offenders are managed in England and Wales from February 2015. (NACRO 2017). The programme has involved volunteers and some paid staff becoming mentors for people who have just left prison and need support.
During my time volunteering I help offenders to achieve these goals they discussed with the probation officer. These goals can include: helping with debit, housing, diet, housing, applying for job/ benefits, enrolling in education and finally helping with CV’s.
To be able to do this role did a day of training up in Colchester. I learnt about behaviours I should have, what to expect, I got given a work phone to communicate with my mentees. After training I shadowed my supervisor who is a probation officer to see what she does with her meetings to make sure I knew what to do. I found this very beneficial as it demonstrated how I should act in this type of situation.
The whole purpose of Rehabilitating Essex is to support offenders after leaving prison. Due to a high number of prisoners re-offend within a year (NACRO,2017). According to open Justice (2017) this figure was 59% of offenders reoffend. Research conducted my NACRO (2017) found that if all offenders where supported for an entire year then this rate will fall dramatically to under 25%. This is the reason NACRO and The Probation Service created rehabilitation Essex.
Ethics can be described by Wellington (2000) as a moral principle or a code of conduct which guides what people do. The term ethics usually refers to the moral principles or code of conduct, which are held by a group or even a profession. Ethics create a way to justify moral decisions when we are unclear about what to do in situations which involve making moral issues.
Ethics are a necessary in employment and within everyday life. Ethics and moral decision making are our way of deciding our approaches in life and possibly employment. Without ethics, there would be no way of deciding on what to do in a moral decision as you will have no ethics to guide you. Without ethics, we then may be unable to achieve our goals in life and employment. By exploring ethics, it assists us to understand our reasoning ability during though moral decisions (Felkenese 1987).
A person’s work ethic can tell you a lot about an employee. If the employee has an excellent work ethic, you can almost assume that they are going to be reliable, trustworthy, and efficient within the workplace.
Ethics within the workplace in society is governed through rules and even legal restrictions that tell you if something is considered, to be right or wrong. Employers may have rules or code of conducts to uphold and maintain a ridged idea of ethical and moral values. An example of an employer that has ethical code of conduct is the Police force.
The Police use the code of Ethics to govern the Police’s ethical behaviour. The code of ethics where created by The College of Policing (2014) some of the codes include Policing behaviour, Policing principles, confidentiality and duties and responsibilities to name a few.
By the Police service and The College of Policing creating this code of conduct it created knowledge of what behaviours Police officers should have. before 2014 these behaviours where never written down for Police to look at nor learn about. Now they are the Police have something to abide by. The college of Policing also state that ‘’the codes help police professionals make the right decisions includes enhancing the knowledge and evidence base as well as developing a framework for continuous professional development’’.
Ethics are very important for those who work within the criminal justice sector. People who work in this sector have great power and influence on society every single day. Therefore, it is imperative that these individuals work ethically.
Ethics are described as ‘crucial’ within the criminal Justice sector within the research conducted by Banks (2004). This is due to the Public sector contains a huge amount of power and social control to tackle crime and enforce the law.
It is important as people working in this sector that they are ethical for 2 main reasons. Firstly, by working unethically can cause miscarriage of justice. This can be extremely costly to the services perception and trust from the public. Unethical examples such as the cover up of the racism in the Stephen Lawrence murder caused a lack of trust in the Criminal justice system. An article by The BBC (Muir, 2014) said that Policing has been ‘damaged’ by the behaviour of its staff during the inquiry of Lawrence’s death. This is due to the Discriminative behaviour found in officers who were investigating the murder.
Secondly unethical acts within the criminal justice system weakens society. By acting unethical can cause harm to citizens causing a lack of trust and respect. For instance, if citizens in a community are mistreated by the Police then they can be unwilling to help report crimes therefore crime will be harder to manage and less criminals will be caught.
During this module, I have looked closely at Ethical behaviour. During our lectures, we looked closely at the British sociological association’s Ethical guidelines (2017) and we are also monitored by these and the Anglia Ruskin research ethics (2017). These guidelines state how we should act and behave, what happens if we don’t act ethically and why we should act Ethically.
As a student who has just had their first experience within the criminal justice sector, I never really understood the importance of ethical behaviour within the criminal justice.
Within my training for this role we discussed ethics and our behaviour. This was to ensure we understood boundaries, skills we need and the characteristics we should display. This goes hand in hand with guidelines from the British sociological association’s Ethical guidelines (2017) and the Anglia Ruskin research Ethics (2017) as it states we should understand the type of relationship between the participant and the researcher. This is to ensure ethical conduct to prevent harm.
I now understand that its it crucial for me to understand the importance of ethics and why we get so much training on the subject. Without this knowledge then I could harm the individuals I am trying to help. During my work experience I have worked with vulnerable people. If I did not work ethically or under Anglia Ruskin’s reserch ethics (2017) then I can cause harm in a few ways including. Causing stress, exposing their confidentiality/anonymity and it can also cause them to reoffend.
Additionally, I have written a reflective diary. Within week 11 I wrote a piece about ethics in my placement. (see appendix 2). Within this reflective diary I discussed ethical problems that can/have occurred within working in the criminal justice sector.
In conclusion, before placement I never imagined or thought that ethical behaviour would be important ant in my career within the justice sector. just by doing 70 hours of placement I can see that ethical behaviour is extremely important principle and without out ethics in the criminal justice sector can cause lack of trust, a toxic relationship between the public and the Public sector and even miscarriages of justice.
It is important that criminal justice workers understand ethics and are trained throughout their career. This is to ensure that the person is working ethically and understands what their power could do it not used ethically. Cases such as the Stephen Lawrence’s Case could have been prevented if these officer had training to see how their unethical behaviour would have effected a murder investigation and a whole communities trust in the Police Service.
Appendix 1: 70-hour log
Appendix 2: reflective diary entry 27th November 2017
Ethical issues in my placement
Doing work experience in the justice sector is rewarding and exciting however it can be very difficult at times when trying to be ethical. As we are doing work experience as part of our degree we must ensure that the people we are volunteering with know this to be Ethical and honest so we don’t cause harm or stress to any person we may come in contact with.
Ethics has become a big topic when doing our work experience module. Some of the ethical problems I have had to face while being on placement are making sure they have full confidentiality. This means I don’t know their full name or what crime they have done. They can tell me however if this was known to anyone is can cause harm or stress to my mentee if others know. Especially due to a lot of our meetings are in public.
Another ethical issue I have faced doing this work experience is making sure I don’t expose myself to much to the offender. This is a safety reason by using my own phone or meeting them in their house for example would make the whole meeting totally unethical. A way I can stop this happening is meeting in places which is appreciate and only contact the offender off my work phone to stay professional and to make sure no one else has access to my phone.
Finally, the last big ethical issue I have is because I write reports after every meeting I could potentially write something harmful or because they are on my personal computer these could be stolen or seen by someone else if not looked after correctly. These reports can contain personal information such as where they are living, if they have children, the offence committed. Which if seen by someone can prevent someone’s confidentiality and anonymity. A way I can prevent these being looked at is my securing my laptop, making sure I don’t leave paperwork, I don’t write to personal information on there just in case.
During this module, I have looked closely at Ethical behaviour. During our lectures, we looked closely at the British sociological association’s Ethical guidelines (2017) and we are also monitored by these and the Anglia Ruskin research ethics (2017). These guidelines state how we should act and behave, what happens if we don’t act ethically and why we should act Ethically.
Due to these guidelines, my ethical practice has been informed by these ethical principles by allowing me to see why we have these guidelines also it has enlightened me to behaviours I should have during my work and volunteering.
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Appendix 3: reflective dairy entry 13th November 2017
what have I learnt during my work experience in reference to Kolb’s (1984) learning cycle.
During my work experience I have learnt many things however one thing that have stood out is learning and developing my communication skills. Prior to this module I thought I was good at communicating. I have focused on this skill many times within my time in education. However, starting this module, it soon became clear I was not as good at communicating as I first thought.
During this module, we looked at a study conducted by Kolb (1984) called ’The Experiential Learning Cycle’. Kolb’s experiential learning style theory is typically represented by four stages. The four stages can be described to us by McLeod (2017) :
As stated above my new learning experience was being able to practice my communication skills. This is the first part of Kolb’s cycle. The second stage of the learning cycle is reflecting after the event. Soon after starting my work experience I got a work phone to ensure offenders where only contacting me on this phone for my safety and to keep things professional. As someone who is always on the phone and communicating daily I thought I would be good at it. however, upon reflecting I saw I was missing calls on not replying to messages as quickly as I can. This looks unprofessional and must be frustrating for people who have left prison.
After reflecting I had to come up with a plan to be able to correct this. This is the theorising stage of Kolb’s cycle (1984). To combat my bad communication, I planned to message my mentee’s 24 hours before appointments to make sure they are still available and to remind them. Also, I told my offenders that my personal mentor phone will be on Monday-Thursday 2-6 for any phone calls. I also mentioned that out of this time they can contact the probation officer (my supervisor) who will get me to contact my mentee.
The final stage of the cycle is testing and making sure my plan is going to work ready for the next time I need to communicate with my mentees. I started using this plan and it does work. I have a balance between work experience, work and university along with some free time. I am communicating better and this has made it easier for my mentees to contact me. I haven’t yet failed to answer a phone call and by reminding my offenders the day before ensures that neither of us will be stood put if we forget or unable to attend.
Overall Kolb’s learning cycle has been practical and helpful when improving and learning from a new experience. He states that Learning is the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience” (Kolb, 1984, p. 38). By using this cycle, it made me identify my weaknesses and made me reflect so I can improve. Due to Kolb’s cycle, I will continue to use the way I communicate with my mentee’s.
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