Teachers and Learners in Social Work Flashcards
Anastas, J. W. (2010). Teaching in social work: An educators' guide to theory and practice. Chichester, New York: Columbia Press. ISBN: 978-0-231-11524-4
Textbook for SW in Higher Education!
Anastas, J. W. (2010). Teaching in social work: An educators’ guide to theory and practice. Chichester, New York: Columbia Press. ISBN: 978-0-231-11524-4
Teacher and learners in social work
Social work educators traditionally have used a range of teaching methods.
Many doctoral students in social work decide to obtain a doctorate in order to enter academia, many would like better or more systematic preparation
SW Education
Social Work education has two settings for education: the classroom that is part of an educational institution
and the social service agency in which field learning takes place.
The Social Work Profession Itself
The subjects of social work programs must include the knowledge, values and skills that define the scope and tradition of social work.
Those who teach must be able to socialize students into the profession, and social work students must demonstrate that they can function as professionals with the requisite knowledge, values, and skills
Thus teachers, students, and learning environments must respond to professional norms in addition to the usual academic ones, which can lead to some predictable tensions.
Social Work education
Social Work education takes place both inside and outside the academy, in the world of the social agency.
Field learning setting are part of the larger health and social service delivery systems to which human needs are part of the larger health and social service delivery systems to which human needs and current social problems are presented every day.
Teaching modalities
Because we have defined social work education as including knowledge, values, and skills we need different teaching modalities.
Faculty must teach effectively, and students must learn effectively in both the classroom and the field, in class and groups, and in dyadic supervisory and advisory relationships.
We may require that students demonstrate their learning behaviorally , through examination, and/or through scholarly work.
Continuing education
Accreditation standards require that students conduct themselves as social workers, which includes “engaging in lifelong learning” . (CSWE, 2008)
As in such professions as medicine and nursing , many states require continuing education credits for relicensing in social work.
Reflection
Like responsible professional practitioners, all of us who teach should engage in self-direction and continuing professional development and renewal.
Stresses may arise in from being simultaneously a student and a teacher.
