Small-group learning and its value to social work education

This paper examines theory and practice around small-group learning, with a focus on the higher education context and professional or practice learning in the workplace. Implications for social work education are discussed in the spirit of the drive to restore critical reflection and the potential f...

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Main Author: Neilson, Deanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT), London Metropolitan University 2006
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Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/204/1/InvestigationsInUniversityTeachingAndLearning_v3n2_p58-66.pdf
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description This paper examines theory and practice around small-group learning, with a focus on the higher education context and professional or practice learning in the workplace. Implications for social work education are discussed in the spirit of the drive to restore critical reflection and the potential for social change to practice, reversing what has been termed in the current political climate as the transformation of social workers into ‘little more than organisational functionaries..’ (Parton 2004; 31).
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spelling oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:2042021-07-19T16:03:23Z http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/204/ Small-group learning and its value to social work education Neilson, Deanna 360 Social problems & services; associations 370 Education This paper examines theory and practice around small-group learning, with a focus on the higher education context and professional or practice learning in the workplace. Implications for social work education are discussed in the spirit of the drive to restore critical reflection and the potential for social change to practice, reversing what has been termed in the current political climate as the transformation of social workers into ‘little more than organisational functionaries..’ (Parton 2004; 31). Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT), London Metropolitan University 2006 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/204/1/InvestigationsInUniversityTeachingAndLearning_v3n2_p58-66.pdf Neilson, Deanna (2006) Small-group learning and its value to social work education. Investigations in university teaching and learning, 3 (2). pp. 58-66. ISSN 1740-5106
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