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In the Field

From Learning to Practice

Author: Jude Irwin, Roslyn Giles, Denise Lynch and Fran Waugh  

ISBN / EAN: 9780195567014
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Summary

Professional education through the practicum process enables human service students to apply their skills and prepare themselves for making the transition to practice.

In the Field, with its focus on life-long learning, helps students to enhance those essential skills, and to use them effectively in the formation of sustainable work practices.

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In the Field explores both the theories and ‘how to’ of practice learning so that students get the most out of the field placement experience. It provides all the relevant information combined with practical activities and examples to allow them to apply their knowledge in a real life setting. The text also tackles the different challenges that are encountered in the field placement helping students to gain skills that can be used throughout their careers in the human services.

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About the Author

Roslyn Giles is Director of Field Education and Senior Lecturer in Social work and Policy Studies at the University of Sydney. Her teaching and research interests include standards for professional practice; social inequality in health, experience based learning, building capacity andtransformative processes.Jude Irwin is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney. Her teaching and research interests include social work practice, social policy, gendered violence, professional practice supervision, and practice learning in field education. Denise Lynch isa lecturer in Social Work at the University of Sydney. Her teaching and research interests include child protection, refugee children and field education. Fran Waugh is Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning), Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney. Herteaching and research interests include violence in families and practice learning.

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Professional education through the practicum process enables human service students to apply their skills and prepare themselves for making the transition to practice. In the Field, with its focus on life long learning, helps students to enhance those essential skills and to use them effectively in the formation of sustainable work practices. The book examines the contemporary context in which learning takes place. It discusses opportunities for embedding action learning into professional practice, and builds on the action learning approach by analysing the learning process and its implications for particular groups and communities. It identifies important knowledge, strategies and skills essential for transforming learning into practice, and is well illustrated by relevant case studies, vignettes and exercises.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press Australia | OUP Australia and New Zealand
Published
7th October 2010
Pages
288
ISBN
9780195567014

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