Teaching Macro Social Work through Experiential Learning

Student Reflections on Lessons Learned in Building School-Community Partnerships

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2501263
AutoresLisa V Blitz (0000-0001-9080-0279, Binghamton University, autor de correspondencia), Denise Yull (Binghamton University), Martha G Solá, John E Jones
Año2017
Volumen17
Número2
Páginas254-272
Fecha de publicación2017-01-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAdvances in Social Work (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1527-8565 • E-ISSN: 2331-4125
EditorialIUPUI University Library (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18060/18978
OpenAlexW2585686531
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas19

A faculty-led experiential learning project was implemented with Master of Social Work students at their field placement sites to teach macro practice skills and research methods. As part of a grant-funded school-university partnership, MSW students were placed in school social work field placements, where their practice focused on individual and small group interventions with youth. Ten MSW students participated in asset-based collective family engagement in diverse, low-income communities, using community organizing skills and community-based participatory research methods. To examine student learning, a pilot study gathered narrative data from seven of the students and three supervisors. MSW students' learning from the project is discussed in the context of CSWE's 2015 EPAS competencies. Participation in the experiential/service-learning project supported the ability of the MSW students to build a sense of themselves as professionals bringing value to the community, enhanced their understanding of cultural diversity and family engagement, and provided context for vulnerable students' struggles in school and the families' difficulties with school engagement. This project illustrates the potential of school-university partnerships involving MSW field students to help bridge the gaps in school-family partnerships, particularly in diverse and low-income communities, and highlights areas where different teaching methods can be used to reinforce competencies learned

Experiential education · Experiential learning · General partnership · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Service-learning · Sociology · Family and Disability Support Research · Medicine · Psychology · Service-Learning and Community Engagement · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work