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The Importance of Feedback in Preparing Social Work Students for Field Education
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In this paper, the authors examined the role of feedback in student learning using a simulation-based learning activity aimed at developing holistic competence in the classroom to prepare students for field learning and identified four themes that described the impact of feedback on student learning: feedback enhanced knowledge, feedback improved skills, feedback developed professional judgment, and feedback increased self-reflection.Abstract:
Feedback is an important mechanism that enhances student learning in supervision and field education. Constructive feedback that is specific, timely, and based on observations; bridges theory and practice, enhances self-awareness, and builds holistic competence in social work students. There is scant social work research examining how this teaching mechanism facilitates student learning. In this qualitative study we examined the role of feedback in student learning using a simulation-based learning activity aimed at developing holistic competence in the classroom to prepare students for field learning. The study examined the impact of feedback on student learning and the key elements that facilitated learning related to feedback. We identified four themes that described the impact of feedback on student learning: (1) feedback enhanced knowledge, (2) feedback improved skills, (3) feedback developed professional judgment, and (4) feedback increased self-reflection. The processes influencing the impact of feedback were the source of the feedback, type of feedback given, and delivery of feedback. The results deepen our understanding of feedback as a learning mechanism with implications for field education.read more
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Does Practice Make Perfect
TL;DR: The authors found that more frequent practice of professional skills is associated with better student outcomes, and that frequent practice was associated with greater satisfaction with field education and greater self-evaluation of performance.
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The Use of Constructive Criticism in Field Supervision
TL;DR: This paper found that a majority of field supervisors and students emphasized the need for an approach to supervision that identifies both competencies and deficiencies, and supported the use of "criticism" if employed appropriately.
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Observing practice as participant observation - linking theory to practice
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors link participant observation as a research method to the assessment of student social workers' practice through observation, and highlight the marginalisation of service users, and propose micro and macro level strategies to remedy these issues.
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Practice Fridays: Using Simulation to Develop Holistic Competence
TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative study examined an innovation called Practice Fridays developed to enhance competence of social work programs to better prepare students for field education, and found that practice Fridays can enhance competence in social work education.