Through this assignment, students will:
Develop skills in critical observation and reflexive analysis
Identify how social policies, institutions and government programs shape daily experiences
Apply course concepts related to power, ideology, inequality, and the welfare state
Strengthen academic writing skills appropriate for first-year social work study
This assignment provides students with an opportunity to move from abstract understandings of social policy to
concrete, lived observations, building foundational skills in structural thinking and reflexivity that are central to
social work education and practice.
This assignment is a summative assessment of the following course learning outcomes:
LO1: Recognize the role of diversity in society and the existence of multiple perspectives on social welfare
issues
LO2: Describe social, historical, economic, legal, political, institutional and cultural structures that
produce and limit human and civil rights
LO5: Construct analyses or arguments that properly integrate research or information from multiple
disciplines
This assignment also contributes to the development of the following BSW Program Learning Outcomes:
BSWLO1: Develop professional identity as a social worker
BSWLO3: Develop an ethical, responsible professional practice
BSWLO4: Recognize and challenge colonialism in social work
BSWLO7: Advance equity and social justice within social work role
BSWLO8: Resist racism and develop anti-racist practice
BSWLO10: Apply values and ethics in professional practice
BSWLO12: Apply knowledge and skills in policy analysis and development
Overview
(Copied from course outline):
This assignment introduces students to the idea that the welfare state is present in everyday life. Social
welfare systems are not limited to formal programs or services; they shape daily routines, environments,
and interactions in visible and invisible ways.
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