Project: "Cross-national Practice Learning curriculum for Social Work Professsional students" Jan Gassne & Ingegerd Hansson 1.

Project: "Cross-national Practice Learning curriculum for Social Work Professsional students" Jan Gassne & Ingegerd Hansson

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Cross-national Practice Learning Curriculum for Social

Professional Students

Socrates Curriculum Development Project2004-06

Presentation in Helsingborg at the Swedish national conference for

social work practice teaching co-ordinators April 2006


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Who are the project?

Sheffield Hallam University - UK Lund University and UMAS – Sweden Oslo University College – Norway University of Tartu - Estonia Utrecht Hogeschool – Netherlands Vilnius University - Lithuania


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What is the project?

'Applied knowledge/practice learning'

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Cross-national practice learning

curriculum for social professional students


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'Module' / curriculum

-with particular emphasis on working with the 'new' global social issues affecting Europe

-learning how to approach cross-national comparisons

-to be developed collaboratively,

-by Europeans for a European/international audience

-by practitioners, trainers, tutors and service users


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in order to...

Meet European Union social and economic aims: for greater social cohesion strategies and work with the social problems

raised by globalisation, in each other's countries

increasing worker mobility - student mobility Life long learning opportunities for social work

practice supervisors and students


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for social professionals therefore:

Improve the education across Europe for social professionals through: Sharing experience, improve practice learning,

especially in countries where SW education is very new and begin to identify commonalities.

Facilitate student exchanges for field placements

Better understanding of social problems/welfare responses of other States & professionals


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Outcomes

1. Audit of current practice

2. The module

3. Menu of teaching materials

4. Web site with message board

5. Dissemination of the developments; locally (conference), nationally and internationally, and publications

6. Other projects – cross-national collaboration


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Audit of practice learning from participens of the Project

1. Regulations of SW education

2. Length of courses /proportion on sight

3. Location of Skills learning /teaching

4. Research , Theory & practice learning

5. Supervision

6. Assessment


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also in the audit

7. Practice learning definitions8. Preparations9. Main aims10. Range of sites11. Student activities12. Supervision13. Teaching on sight14. Assessment of students15. Assessment by direct observation


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The module (5 ECTS)

Aim of the module The module is designed to promote

knowledge and skills in working with persons, families, communities who are affected by social problems, particularly those related to globalization to include asylum seekers, refugees and trafficked persons and issues of marginalisation.


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Continue: aim of the module

To do this students will be taught the skills needed to make sensitive cross national and cross cultural comparisons, in order to understand and compare social policy and social work practice in their own country in relation to other countries and to take account of ethical and power dynamics such as oppression.

The module is designed to make this knowledge applicable to practice, for example by learning about empowering practice and the practicalities and ethics of communication with those from different cultures, in the home country and abroad


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Competencies/ learning outcomes

At the end of this module the student will be able to:

1. Reflect and understand the relationship between personal, professional and cultural values and how these impact upon social work in different countries

2. Reflect, understand and compare the relationship between practice and policy and its impact on marginalised service users in different countries

3. Identify how power may operate systematically, culturally and individually within services within different countries and how this affects both professionals and marginalised service users

4. Engage with the theory, values and skills of empowering practice with marginalised groups in an international context

5. Identify the processes for effective communication across different language, national and cultural contexts.


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Menu of teaching materials Example of learning outcome (the 4th out of the 5 outcomes)

Empowerment, integrating theory and practice

Question 1: Empowerment theory

Question 2: The ecology of the service and the users

Question 3: Empowerment pratice


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Assessment

Question 1 empowerment theory is to be prepared and discussed at the university at home and can as well be shared in seminars with students on the host university.

Question 2 The ecology of the service shall be discussed in supervision on “site”. Present you reflections for your practice teacher on site and as well for the staff at the service if the supervisor agrees with you doing so.

Question 3 Empowerment practice. Written an essay, maximum 4 pages. To be marked by you tutor after discussion in supervision.


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Bibliography empowerment

Malcolm Payne (2005) Modern social work theory (3rd edition) Chicago Lyceum Chapter 14

Gutiérrez, L. M.; DeLois, K. A. & GlenMaye, L (1995) Understanding empowerment practice: Building on practitioner-based knowledge. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services. Nov 1995pp534-542.

Humphries, B. (1996) Critical perspectives on empowerment. Ventura press.

Web-site references (example IASSW ethics and values)


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Web site with message board


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Other projects – cross-national collaboration

European practice teachers education? Improve social work practitioners, students

and teachers mobility

Project: "Cross-national Practice Learning curriculum for Social Work Professsional students" Jan Gassne & Ingegerd Hansson 1.

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