2019/20 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

ARTF5802M Placements in Context: Policy, Organizations and Practice

30 creditsClass Size: 50

Module manager: Robert Knifton
Email: r.h.knifton@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2019/20

Module replaces

ARTF5670M - Museum, Object, Practice

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

You will undertake a placement or piece of commissioned project work with a cultural sector partner. By the end of the module, you will have critically reflected on your placement or project experience. You will do this through putting it in the wider contexts of policy, funders and funding streams and the mission and structure of the organization with which you are working. Through horizon scanning and identifying future trends, the module will enable you to understand your placement and personal career planning within longer term shifts and changes within the cultural sector. A key ethos of the module is to support your personal and professional development and you will work towards identifying the contributions you want to make to the sector as a way of building a sustainable long-term career.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able ...
1) To support students to develop their personal and professional practice via placements and project work.
2) To critically reflect on the organizational and policy contexts within which the placement or project sits.
3) To draw on a variety of approaches to theorising organizations and policy as a way of understanding professional roles.
4) To explore different ways of understanding the cultural sector and to undertake horizon scanning exercises.
5) To use the experience of the placement, and understanding of the wider contexts of the sector, to develop a personal and professional development plan which will support them in employment.

Learning outcomes
1) To be able to break down the different tasks and organizational interactions that enable you to achieve a defined piece of project work.
2) To develop the critical and reflective tools to make sense of your own practice in wider organizational and policy contexts.
3) To be able to deploy a variety of tools for theorizing and acting within organizational contexts.
4) To know how to approach personal and professional development planning and plan for entering employment.

Skills outcomes
Personal and professional development planning
Collaborative working
Reflective practice
Understanding of policy contexts
Understanding of how cultural sector organizations operate

Syllabus

Week 1: Reflective thinking: Making the most of your placement (introducing the links between policy, organization and personal and professional development; introduce assessment approaches)
Week 2: Thinking about organizations
Week 3: Your project in its organizational context
Week 4: Thinking about policy
Week 5: Your project in its policy context
Week 7: Futures: Horizon scanning
Week 8: Personal and professional development planning
Week 9: Planning your assignment
Week 10: Assignment ideas workshop
Week 11: Final reflections: Making a contribution in a complex work

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	3	2.00	6.00
Practical	1	21.00	21.00
Seminar	6	3.00	18.00
Tutorial	1	1.00	1.00
Private study hours			254.00
Total Contact hours			46.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Private study

Independent learning will happen through the placement or project work. The student will spend 21 hours (minimum) on placement or on a specific assigned project. Alongside the placement, in terms of private study, students will produce a 'placement diary/reflective log' which will be submitted as part of their assessment. The reflective log will include mapping work, to visualize how their role fits in their organization as well as the identification of key policy drivers for their role and the organization in which they are placed. It will also include a personal and professional development plan.
Reading will also be undertaken in advance of each taught session.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

The module workshops are designed to consistently build the knowledge and skills necessary for both the formal assignments. There are opportunities to present on all key aspects of the assignments through workshops structure. There will be specifically designed formative workshops – via student presentations – to help students prepare for the assessments. There is also a personal tutorial to give tailored one to one support on both personal and professional development plans and module assessments.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	3000-4000 word placement informed essay	50.00
Reflective log	maximum 3000 words	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Essay - To explore academic questions raised by their placement – likely to have a policy focus or a focus on how to conceptualise the cultural sector. Presentation - To present on ideas for the essay (pass for progression) Reflecive log - The log will include a map of how their placement fits in the organizational context and identify relevant policy drivers. The log will also include a personal and professional development plan.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 22/11/2018

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