Rethinking Reliance Upon Written Assignments
Students Reimagining Rigor in Social Work Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2501752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Ortega-Williams (0000-0002-7100-1567, City University of New York, corresponding author), Saadia Mustaq (Oldham Council), Valerie Davoodzadeh (Oldham Council), Linden Isles (Oldham Council), Zainab Anwar (Oldham Council), Sebastian Hidalgo-Roig (Oldham Council), Elena Soler (0000-0003-4627-0578, Oldham Council) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 149-166 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Advances in Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1527-8565 • E-ISSN: 2331-4125 |
| Publisher | IU Indianapolis University Library (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18060/28155 |
| OpenAlex | W4412124660 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
Written assignments in social work education are often relied upon as tools to demonstrate knowledge gained in coursework, although evidence of their effectiveness is inconsistent. While more institutional effort and resources are being poured into detecting plagiarism on written assignments, especially in the era of artificial intelligence like ChatGPT, educators could consider whether there are alternative assignments that could be more meaningful in preparing social work students for practice. In this conceptual paper, a collective of social work students and an educator from a Human Behavior in the Social Environment BSW course share their experiences with switching from written to alternative assignments during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic-a change made from necessity and curiosity. Reflections about the meaning of alternative assignments are discussed from a student and educator standpoint. Topics addressed include: 1) promoting creativity as self-care in potentially triggering educational environments, 2) redefining rigor, 3) promoting social justice, and 4) increasing relevance with implications for the field of social work education
Political science · Sociology · Law · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Psychology · Social Work
A Conversation on Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, and Plagiarism in Higher Education
Chatbots
Student Perceptions of Academic Engagement and Student-Teacher Relationships in Problem-Based Learning
Are Active Teaching Methods Suitable for All Generation Y students?—Creativity as a Needed Ingredient and the Role of Learning Style
Teaching Note—Self-Care in Social Work Education
A Qualitative Study of MSW Student Self-Care and Wellness
Cultivating Empathy Through Virtual Reality
Canadian reflections on the Covid-19 pandemic in social work education
Harnessing the Mental Health Benefits of the Creativity–Spirituality Construct
Practicing What We Teach
From social justice to abolition
Teaching self-care
Prevalence of Secondary Traumatic Stress among Social Workers
The return to the sacred path
Fear of the Disability Con
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |