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dc.contributor.authorPreston-Shoot, Michaelen_GB
dc.contributor.authorMcKimm, Judyen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-21T08:42:37Z
dc.date.available2012-05-21T08:42:37Z
dc.date.issued2011-09
dc.identifier.citationPreston-Shoot, M, McKimm, J (2011) 'Tutor and Student Experiences of Teaching and Learning Law in UK Social Work Education' Social Work Education 31 (7) 896-913en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0261-5479
dc.identifier.issn1470-1227
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02615479.2011.587869
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/224872
dc.description.abstractIn a project researching the outcomes of teaching law in social work education, students and tutors were asked to reflect on their experiences of both the academic curriculum and how learning was translated into practice. Curriculum documents in the eight participating universities were also analysed. At times distinctive orientations emerged from approaches to teaching and practising social work law articulated by tutors and students, and captured in course documentation. On what contributed to effective teaching outcomes, both students and tutors emphasised the application of law learning to practice and the importance of considering learning styles. For students, law learning remains a complex challenge but with a clear interface with social work values. Teaching can help to reduce anxiety about practising social work law but familiar barriers to learning and its application in practice also surfaced. In addition to the time allocated to law learning, development of legal knowledge and skills was greatly affected by the priority given to this aspect of practice during placements. The openness of practice assessors and managers towards the legal rules and students who use their legal and ethical literacy to advocate for particular outcomes for service users was a crucial factor positively affecting the student experience.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02615479.2011.587869en_GB
dc.subjectsocial worken_GB
dc.subjectteaching in higher educationen_GB
dc.titleTutor and student experiences of teaching and learning law in UK social work educationen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.journalSocial Work Educationen_GB
html.description.abstractIn a project researching the outcomes of teaching law in social work education, students and tutors were asked to reflect on their experiences of both the academic curriculum and how learning was translated into practice. Curriculum documents in the eight participating universities were also analysed. At times distinctive orientations emerged from approaches to teaching and practising social work law articulated by tutors and students, and captured in course documentation. On what contributed to effective teaching outcomes, both students and tutors emphasised the application of law learning to practice and the importance of considering learning styles. For students, law learning remains a complex challenge but with a clear interface with social work values. Teaching can help to reduce anxiety about practising social work law but familiar barriers to learning and its application in practice also surfaced. In addition to the time allocated to law learning, development of legal knowledge and skills was greatly affected by the priority given to this aspect of practice during placements. The openness of practice assessors and managers towards the legal rules and students who use their legal and ethical literacy to advocate for particular outcomes for service users was a crucial factor positively affecting the student experience.


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