module specification

This module introduces ideas concerning self-leadership through personal development planning (PDP) activities and peer supported learning. Students work on personal target setting, self-review and reflection to examine issues of concern to themselves and to various communities.
Self-leadership as a basic and pivotal component of leadership is introduced and various aspects of it are explored throughout the year. Specific attention is given to authentic leadership and equality, diversity and the development of inter-personal skills that support the learning process in group contexts. This includes opportunities for students to reflect upon the ways in which adults develop and work together for common aims. Students are encouraged to identify ways in which self-leadership strengthens community work and can promote individual learning and reflection.

Aims of the module:

1. To develop learners’ ability to engage in self-assessment exercises, Personal development planning and reflective techniques in relation to working with individuals and groups in the community;
2. To enable the learners to explore the links between self-leadership, leadership and community work;
3. To support the students to engage with communities;
4. To develop skills in finding and presenting information;
5. To enable learners to locate key sources for studying public service delivery and the opportunities for individuals and groups to influence decision making;
6. To enable learners to appreciate the diversity and changing nature of voluntary and community sector organisations.

• Introducing self-leadership LO2, LO6
• Learning styles LO1, 6 and 7
• Leadership styles and authentic leadership LO2, LO6
• Essay writing; LO3 and 4
• Reflective learning, self-awareness and personal exploration and reflective writing; LO6
• Group work and Group theories LO1, 6 and 7
• Critical thinking LO1, 6 and 7
• Goal setting and Action Planning LO1, 6
• Finding out about voluntary and community sector services in communities LO4
• Conflict management LO2, 7
• Self-leadership and community development LO2, 7
• Johari Window LO1
• Gender and leadership LO2, LO7
• Intelligence LO2, 7
• Importance and self-care and accessing support services at LondonMet
• How we mark your assignment LO3, 5 and 6
• Cross-cultural competence LO8
• Exploring equality and diversity perspectives and anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory practices in community work LO8

The module teaching and learning is based on weekly 3-hour lectures and interactive seminars, reading and small group discussion sessions supplemented by on-line activity. This will include a variety of delivery styles based around small group and individual activities.

Theoretical input will be through lectures followed up in seminars. There is a significant emphasis on PDP on this module and various self-assessment exercises revolve around PDP issues and students have the opportunity to reflect on their PDP.

The face-to-face teaching pattern comprises a one-hour lecture/presentation and a two hour workshop weekly. In addition, students will be expected to undertake regular private study, including weekly practical tasks related to the workshops, to a total of 210 hours per year.

On-line activity will include access to module materials and multi-media with links to ethnographic, community based and other research resources, e.g. online reading and research and analysis activities in preparation for class discussions.

Students will benefit from a blended learning approach through the use of Weblearn for online and ongoing access to lecture notes, additional materials including articles and research reports, links to E-books.

There will be opportunities for students to engage on informal peer review and evaluation to enhance their work. Ongoing reflection on student learning will be part of the teaching and learning strategy for the module.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

1. Develop a sound understanding of your PDP needs based on 10 self-assessment exercises;
2. Form a basic understanding of leadership and a sound understanding of self-leadership
3. Identify a specific social issue and a range of ways this is being / could be addressed;
4. Identify a particular community-based initiative and their contribution to the local community;
5. Collect and present findings in writing;
6. Apply reflective learning to your work;
7. Research the work of a leader and present it in writing;
8. Identify examples of oppressive practice in working with people and communities and apply anti-oppressive principles and practice in community work and in learning environments.

The first summative assessment is a written assignment (1600 words). It is a community project which involves carrying out secondary research on major community issues and how the local authority and community organisations have responded to those issues. 

The second assignment is also a written piece (2400 words). It is a workbook with two parts. Part one is a piece of research on a leader chosen by the student and identify his/her leadership styles and his/her contribution to community/society/country. The second part is a reflective report which provides an opportunity for the students to review their development across a range of learning activities (self-assessment exercises), their reflection on the lectures and their overall learning from the module.

This module has opportunities for formative assessment, and draft work is considered and commented on. Comments on draft work are provided a week before the final hand in date, so that students have opportunities to amend their work

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