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Book SynopsisExcellent social work education and training is vital for ensuring best practice, and it is important to understand the key approaches and methods in order to provide the best teaching and ensure effective learning.
This volume provides an overview of social work education, including the background and current context. It covers the key debates surrounding social work education, such as the evaluation of social work education, the use of IT, research-mindedness, and the effectiveness of interdisciplinary education. The book also offers guidance on effective teaching and learning approaches tailored to the needs of social work educators, covering teaching within a higher education institution, on student practice placements, and in post-qualifying settings.
This will be an indispensable text for educators and trainers in the field of social work.
Trade ReviewThis is a valuable addition to the literature on social work education, providing a useful synthesis of key areas of pedagogic research to date on the subject and helpfully identifying gaps in knowledge where research is still needed. Social work educators, social work researchers and social workers undertaking continuing professional development programmes in social work education will find this a relevant and accessible text. -- Jane Lindsay, Deputy Head, School of Social Work, Kingston University/St George's University of London, UK
This new volume in the Research Highlights series makes a welcome and valuable contribution in a context where the processes and outcomes of social work education remain under-researched. Reasons for this are critically explored so that some of the gaps in knowledge and understanding can be mapped and conceptualised. A variety of contributions from key figures make for diversity and a range of focus. -- Michelle Lefevre, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Sussex, UK and Deputy Editor, Social Work Education: The International Journal
Table of ContentsIntroduction. Joyce Lishman, Robert Gordon University, UK. Part I. The Context. 1. Evaluation of Social Work Education. Joan Orme, Glasgow School of Social Work, UK. 2. European Perspectives on Education for Social Work and Social Pedagogy. Karen Lyons and Nathalie Huegler, London Metropolitan University, UK. Part II. Teaching and Learning in Social Work Education. 3. Professional Ethics as the Interpretation of Life Praxis. Chris Clark, University of Edinburgh, UK and Fritz Rüdiger Volz, Evangelische Fachhochshule, Bochum, Germany. 4. Two Halves Make a Whole: Developing Critical, Analytic and Reflective Thinking in Social Work Practice and Education. Gillian Ruch, University of Southampton, UK. 5. Evidence-Based Practice in Social Work Education. Pedro Morago, Teesside University, UK. 6. Learning and Teaching in Practice Learning. Steven M. Shardlow, University of Salford, UK. 7. ICT and Social Work Education. Andrew Hill and Ian Shaw, University of York, UK. Part III. Critical Issues and Debate in Relation to Social Work Education in the UK. 8. The Generalist Versus Specialist Debate in Social Work Education in the UK. Pamela Trevithick, University of Gloucestershire, UK. 9. Probation Education and Training: An Overview of the Research. Charlotte Knight and Dave Ward, De Montfort University, UK. 10. Continuous Professional Development in Social Work. Kate Skinner, independent social work consultant. 11. Interprofessional Education in Qualifying Social Work. Hugh Barr, UK Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education and University of Westminster, UK and Elaine Sharland, University of Sussex, UK. The Contributors. Subject Index. Author Index.
