How Is a Service Development Simulation Exercise Useful? A Student-Centered Perspective

Autor/in	Spiteri, Damian
Titel	How Is a Service Development Simulation Exercise Useful? A Student-Centered Perspective
Quelle	In: Research in Education, 90 (2013), S.1-14 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0034-5237
DOI	10.7227/RIE.90.1.1
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Simulation; Social Work; Graduate Students; Professional Education; Teaching Methods; Critical Thinking; Skills; Mixed Methods Research; Student Attitudes; Student Empowerment; Problem Based Learning; Group Activities; Transfer of Training; United Kingdom (Glasgow) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Soziale Arbeit; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Berufsausbildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kritisches Denken; Skill; Fertigkeit; Schülerverhalten; Studienberechtigung; Problem-based learning; Problemorientiertes Lernen; Gruppenaktivität; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung
Abstract	This paper appraises a simulation activity which forms part of the postgraduate social work curriculum offered at the University of Strathclyde. It shows how simulations that are based on activities that are as close as possible to actual "real-life" situations can be applied as a teaching strategy so as to enable students to integrate knowledge, skills and critical thinking in the social work field. It presents the students' appraisal of the module and aims to generate insights about its suitability for application to a wide range of training courses, including those of education, health, social care and any of the applied social sciences. The study was undertaken by observing and interacting with the students while they set and completed relevant tasks and by extrapolating relevant data from the "evaluation sheets" that they filled in at the end of the module. The paper shows that the students were introduced to perspectives of the subject matter that they had not thought about previously. It also provided them with an opportunity to apply theory to a practice situation in a manner that further consolidated their overall social work training. (As Provided).
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