Critical reflection: Generating theory from Practice. The Graduating Social Work Student Experience - Softcover

Pockett, Rosalie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1921364041 ISBN 13: 9781921364044

Publisher: Darlington Press, 2008

Synopsis

Educating students for professional practice is both complex and challenging. Striking the right balance between 'theory and practice' and 'thinking and doing' remains a cornerstone of effective teaching and learning. In the last two decades, social work education has drawn from critical perspectives based on understandings of power imbalances that perpetuate inequalities in social structures and relationships. These perspectives go to the heart of social work practice in the contemporary context where critical reflection is recognized as a useful, meaningful approach used by practitioners to examine aspects of their practice and redevelop practice theory. Giving a voice to the student experience, this edited collection fills a gap in the literature about the student experience of critical reflection as a tool for learning and practice. The papers have been written by final year social work students and demonstrate the application of a critical framework to incidents selected from their field education placements. The collection has relevance to social work students, educators and other human service professions where critical thinking is a fundamental part of education for practice. The collection has relevance to social work students, educators and other human service professions where critical thinking is a fundamental part of education for practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Darlington Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1921364041
• ISBN 13: 9781921364044
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 110
• Editor: Pockett Rosalie, Giles Roslyn