An activity from 'Modern Social Work Practice' by Mark Doel and Steven Shardlow (2005) that explores the influence of hidden assumptions and subtexts in human interactions.
An activity from 'Modern Social Work Practice' by Mark Doel and Steven Shardlow (2005) that explores culturally competent practice through reflection on the student or practitioner's own cultural inheritance.Hosted on the Iriss Learning Exchange.
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One of a set of exercises and activities taken from the book 'Modern Social Work Practice' (2005) by Mark Doel and Steven Shardlow. This activity is designed to help students to start thinking in a 'research-minded' way.
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An article from BASW's Professional Social Work journal that highlights the benefits of supervision.
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This activity is taken from 'Modern Social Work Practice (2005)' by Mark Doel and Steven Shardlow. This activity helps students to think critically about the language they use and purpose of recording in social work.
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A Scottish Care publication (2009) that reports on a project to provide social work practice learning opportunities in private care homes in the South East of Scotland. Appendix 7 provides a case study that will support a student undertaking reminiscence work with a service user with dementia.
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An Open University booklet that introduces critical thinking, and offers accessible guidance about how to evaluate sources, take notes and write critically.
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A short comparison of descriptive writing and critical analysis to help students write more critically and reflectively (from Cottrell, 2003)
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A plan with suggested content for a reflective learning workshop developed by Jenny Moon.
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This free Open University course explores the principles and best practices underpinning mentoring. The entire course takes about 24 hours of study at your own pace, but you can also dip in and out of the topics that interest you. There are quizzes for each topic, and, if you complete these you can download a statement of participation.
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