Discuss implications for social work practice in the analysis.

To deepen your process of learning in this course, you will spend some time critically reflecting on the class discussion and readings by writing one critical analysis paper. The paper should serve as a log of your experiences and critical reactions to the class exercises, discussions, readings, and assignments. This analysis must be based on the readings, class discussion, exercises, guest speakers, and video presentations due for that section. You must: 1. Reference at least 3 readings 2. Include at least 10 terms from the course that have not been used in previous papers 3. Address how the readings illuminate an issue 4. Address how the readings have helped you re-think old ideas or ways of working

5. Address questions that have been generated from you and why these questions are important to your social work practice and to your life; how you have or could use the ideas in your professional practice, employment, or personal life; and how your thinking is changing given the readings. 6. Discuss implications for social work practice in the analysis. Most importantly though, this analysis should serve as a way for you to reflect on how your own identities and knowledge/experience around oppression/privilege may be shaping your reactions and learning process. You will be required to turn an APA styled paper of at least 5 double-spaced pages (this does not include title page, reference page, and abstract). The instructor already knows what the readings say. Rather, apply the readings to your practice as a helping professional/service provider and/or to experiences in your life. The important thing to remember is that the critical analysis allows you an opportunity to reflect upon your experiences, to learn about yourself, and to learn from others. Critical analyses will be handled in a confidential manner. Your paper will not be graded for descriptions of what you are learning (everyone will learn differently). Instead, it will be graded for its completeness and for its depth of insight, understanding, reflection, and criteria completion. The reasons a student might receive an analysis with points deducted are: 1) Failure to address substantively the points above; 2) Poor writing technique-errors in grammar, spelling, etc.; 3) Lack of self-reflection; 4) Merely repeating content of the readings; 5) Handing in the analysis late; and, 6) Failure to discuss the readings. Grading Rubric 1. Reference at least 3 readings (15 points) 2. Include at least 5 terms from the course (15 points) 3. Address how the readings illuminate an issue (10 points) 4. Address how the readings have helped you re-think old ideas or ways of working (10 points) 5. Address questions that have been generated from you and why these questions are important to your social work practice and to your life; how you have or could use the ideas in your professional practice, employment, or personal life; and how your thinking is changing given the readings. (15 points) 6. Discuss implications for social work practice in the analysis. Most importantly though, this analysis should serve as a way for you to reflect on how your own identities and knowledge/experience around oppression/privilege may be shaping your reactions and learning process. (15 points) 7. Format and Grammar (10 points)