I realise I am a bit over the word count, which was set at 1200 words, but that is because I put a lot of time and effort into reading the chapters to be better informed, which was the primary learning objective for myself, and I wanted this to be a source of information for later use. There was further potential for criticality and synthesising but I had to stop somewhere, it's only for a formative assessment. However, it meant there's more appetite for further reading and potentially leading my own research in this area of my practice.
I received the following overall feedback.
"Daniel, this is excellent. You’ve taken a topic that is current to the sector, relevant to your school, and challenging! It’s a very impressive response.
Strengths
- The criticality you offer is excellence, speaking to the limitations of the articles not only in what they offer but sensitively to the context of your practice.
- The use of extended literature is something that you will be able to draw upon in your future assignments, including the written submission and professional conversation.
Areas for development
- You’ve already identified your biggest challenge – keeping to the word count. As valuable as your insights are, I really want to stress how great this piece is!, you also need keep within the boundaries of the assignment. You’re not penalised here but you could be further on.
An excellent submission and a real pleasure to read.
Please get in touch if you want to discuss this further."