Professional Practice: Repot

Professional Practice: Report Writing

When writing a report for this unit there are key things you need to do:

Plan

Research

Demonstrate Understanding

Critically reflect

Look at areas to improve

This report is not simply a diary, it is a piece of industrial analysis. 

Research: Look in to similar work, in my case it could be good to look at websites like the natural history museum, or BBC bite size. Find out how to inform audiences. Demonstrate that you have a clear understanding of your task, your industry and your learning outcomes. 

Learning Outcomes:

ž LO1 demonstrate a developed knowledge and understanding of professional practice 

ž LO2 implement a professional creative methodology 

ž LO3 apply academic conventions and demonstrate effective communication of ideas in written form 

This report should place your micro experience within the macro context of the industry as a whole. Demonstrate your awareness through relevant text, online text, and industry research. 

Be analytical not descriptive!!!

Structure

Beginning- Cover

           Contents page

           Introduction

Middle-    Main Body

End-       conclusions 

           appendixes

           sources 

Things to write about in the main body:

Demonstrate your use of appropriate methodology during your placement/ commission by referencing methodology from research and providing examples of when and how you have/observed it in practice. 

This way you will explore and analyse the ‘bigger picture’ by researching the sector of the industry your placement/commission belongs to – set your own experiences in context. 

Consider referencing typical skills and opportunities there are in the sector you have worked in – what does the future hold in that sector and what challenges? 

Conclusion

Summaries your experiences and what you've learned.

Round off your experience with final references to appropriate sources. 

Demonstrate research in your blog, this is more raw an informal. It will evolve as your work progresses. 

Where as your report will be more formal.

-Avoid colloquialisms

-Write as if your audience knows nothing 

-Use linking phrases to transition to new points/paragraphs