How to write a essay meet this criteria:Assessment Item 1: Reflection on career
development theory- task sheet
Length:
2,000 words
Weighting: 40% Due date: Friday 1 September 2023 at
2p.m. (submitted via Turnitin)
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the theory informing career development work
2. Apply career development theory to your own career development and that of others including diverse groups
5. Articulate a personal practice framework for career development work
Description:
1. Reflect on your own career development. Represent your career development on a timeline that includes all of the roles
and occupations you have ever wanted to be, have been, are and still want to be, and the significant influences on your
career development such as people, events, literature or media.
2. Analyse your career development from the perspective of at least three career development theories. Compare and
contrast the relevance of these theories to your career development. You could choose from various career theories
including: Super, Holland, Krumboltz, Savickas, and Gottfredson or Social Cognitive Career Theory, Cognitive Information
Processing Theory or the Systems Theory Framework of career development (or others not listed, if desired).
3. Describe the implications of your reflection for your work with clients.
4. Your reference list should contain at least 20 references including books, book chapters and journal articles.
(NB: Your work will be treated confidentially and you are not expected to discuss aspects of your life which you are not
comfortable sharing with another person. It is the analysis of your career development rather than its content that will be
evaluated.)
You must use APA 7
th edition referencing.
Submission:
Submitting your work via Turnitin
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assignments for this course, you must ensure you have completed UQ's compulsory online Academic Integrity Tutorial. The
module can be found at: https://www.uq.edu.au/integrity
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be part of the requirements for the course assessment.
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will receive this information via your student e-mail account. If you do not receive a submission ID you should regard your
submission as unsuccessful.
Advice and guidance:
Format/Structure:
• Follow the marking grid/criteria sheet/rubric to ensure you include all necessary parts of the paper.
• Use sub-headings to make your paper easy to follow.
• Assignments must adhere to the word length. Any text written after the 2000 (plus 10%) word limit will not be read by the
marker.
Very good attempts:
• Demonstrate comprehensive reflection of your career and articulate how it may be transferred to your work with clients.
• Result from wide reading and an excellent understanding of the career theories chosen, aligning the theory to practice.
• Contain clear and concise writing, thoroughly proof-read, such that spelling and grammar errors have been removed.
• Strict adherence to APA style.
Important note:
• Your report must be uploaded to Blackboard using Turnitin by 2pm on Friday 1 September 2023
The following applies to all assessments in this course:
Use of generative AI to support or inform assessment.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides emerging tools that may support students in completing this assessment task. Students
may appropriately use AI in completing this assessment task. Students must clearly reference any use of AI in each
instance.
A failure to reference AI use may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
Further support:
Please refer to forum in the Assessment folder in Blackboard. If you require further support, email the course coordinator to
arrange a Zoom meeting to discuss your questions.
EDUC7009 Criteria Sheet – Assignment 1: Reflection on career development theory
Name:
Criteria 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Understand
relevant theory
Intimate
understanding of
relevant theory,
fundamental
concepts; nuanced
understanding of
deeper and more
subtle aspects of
theory
Detailed
understanding of
relevant theory,
fundamental
concepts; and of
deeper and subtler
aspects of theory
Solid understanding
of relevant theory
and fundamental
concepts; some
awareness of deeper
and subtler aspects
of theory
Basic understanding
of relevant theory
and knowledge of
fundamental
concepts; little
awareness of deeper
and subtler aspects
of theory
Some
understanding of
relevant theory;
superficial, partial,
or faulty
understanding of
fundamental
concepts
Limited
understanding of
relevant theory;
minimal
engagement with
literature
No understanding of
relevant theory; no
engagement with
relevant literature
Analyse and
critique relevant
theory and
critically apply
theory to
practice/
timeline
Exceptional ability to
synthesise
concepts.
Consistent evidence
of understanding the
relationship between
theory and practice.
Exceptional
originality and
insightful
commentary
Advanced ability to
synthesise concepts.
Frequent evidence
of understanding the
relationship between
theory and practice.
Advanced originality
commentary
Proficient ability to
synthesise concepts.
Some evidence of
understanding the
relationship between
theory and practice
and originality of
commentary
Functional ability to
analyse/critique
concepts. Some
evidence of
understanding the
relationship between
theory and practice.
Functional ability to
develop and support
arguments
Developing ability to
analyse/critique
concepts.
Developing ability to
apply theory to
practice and
support arguments
Minimal ability
to analyse/critique
concepts. Minimal
ability to apply
theory to practice
and support
arguments.
Absence of ability to
analyse/critique
concepts or apply
theory to practice
and support
arguments.
Demonstrate
practical skills
(implication of
personal
framework with
clients)
Consistent evidence
of imagination,
originality or flair in
demonstration of
practical skills
Frequent evidence
of imagination,
originality or flair in
demonstration of
practical skills
Some evidence of
imagination,
originality or flair in
demonstration of
practical skills
Basic evidence of
imagination,
originality or flair in
demonstration of
practical skills
Some evidence of
imagination,
originality or flair in
demonstration of
practical skills
Limited evidence of
imagination,
originality or flair in
demonstration of
practical skills
No or inappropriate
or unethical
evidence of
imagination,
originality or flair in
demonstration of
practical skills
Demonstrate
clear, coherent
written
communication
consistent with
conventions of
APA 7th edition
Exceptional, clear,
coherent academic
error-free writing,
and strict adherence
to APA style.
Advanced, clear,
coherent academic
writing with minimal
errors and mostly
adherence to APA
style.
Proficient, mostlyacademic writing
with few errors and
reasonable
adherence to APA
style.
Functional mostlyacademic writing with
minimal errors and
strict adherence to
APA style.
Developing ability to
write academically
and frequent textual
and APA errors.
Minimal use of
academic writing
style and frequent
errors of
sense/tense and
APA convention.
Absence of
academic writing
and limited use of
APA conventions.